Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Nicole works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Nicole
Nicole Summers-DuBois is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who mixes practical tools with a down-to-earth style. She keeps sessions straightforward and calm, helping people talk through stress, anger, anxiety, and relationship strains. She draws on five years of professional experience and many more years of life experience.
That perspective shapes how she approaches grief, depression, addiction concerns, and parenting stress. She aims to make sessions feel easy to join and sometimes uses humor to ease tension.
Background and approach
Her work often focuses on improving communication, reducing conflict, and developing de-escalation skills. Nicole helps people build coping strategies for sleep problems, self-esteem struggles, chronic illness challenges, and changes after separation or divorce. She also supports those dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment worries, and intimacy concerns.
Therapy sessions may use tools from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, Imago relationship concepts, and mindfulness practices. Nicole explains steps clearly and practices alongside people as they try new skills at home. Nicole values respect and believes everyone should have a chance to tell their story.
She understands how hard it can be to ask for help because she returned to school later in life and finished a master’s degree as a non-traditional student. That experience informs her patient, encouraging style.
What Nicole works with
Everything Nicole lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Nicole's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Nicole lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Nicole often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and supporting each person at their own pace. This approach helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to talk about stress, grief, or relationship worries.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method that helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with practical skills. CBT is useful for anxiety, anger management, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Emotionally-focused therapy is another strand she uses for helping people improve emotional connection and work through attachment or intimacy concerns.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process makes it easier to tailor steps for communication skills, de-escalation, or managing impulsivity.
Online therapy offers a flexible way to get consistent care. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice communication tools, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text sessions fit short check-ins or busy schedules. These formats make it easier to keep momentum and try new skills between sessions.
Questions people ask about Nicole
What concerns does Nicole often address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Nicole takes a practical, down-to-earth approach that blends client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused methods.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist and brings additional life experience from a non-traditional career path.
Where is she licensed and based?
Nicole is licensed as a marriage and family therapist in Massachusetts and holds an MA LMFT credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.