Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Nikkia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Nikkia
Nikkia Matthews is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 11 years of clinical experience based in Michigan. She draws on a broad background helping people work through stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, and life transitions. Nikkia uses practical talk and skill-building to help people manage hard moments and make steady changes.
Her style is direct and collaborative. Sessions focus on real-life tools people can use between meetings. She blends mood-focused work with relationship skills and practical steps for daily life.
Background and approach
Clients learn new ways to respond to triggers, handle conflict, and rebuild trust in themselves. Background and approach include several evidence-informed methods. Nikkia uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify and change unhelpful patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice values and take value-guided action.
She also draws on emotionally-focused techniques and Gottman-influenced relationship work when needed. She often helps people cope with grief, trauma, addiction challenges, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Her approach addresses attachment concerns, abandonment wounds, codependency, and communication breakdowns that keep problems repeating.
Sessions aim to move people from feeling stuck to making small, steady changes. Nikkia meets clients through video, phone, live chat, or ongoing text-based messaging. Her practice emphasizes workable strategies, steady support, and clear steps for getting started.
What Nikkia works with
Everything Nikkia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Nikkia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nikkia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- 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.
Online approaches that match your daily life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when emotions are difficult. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behavior that worsen mood, then practicing new responses to reduce symptoms and improve coping. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and shifting emotional patterns in relationships to improve connection and reduce conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, coaching-style support, or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Nikkia
What concerns does she commonly help with?
Nikkia works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family struggles, grief, trauma, addictions, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on skill-building, emotion work, and behavior change to help people manage daily challenges.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Master Social Worker.
Where is she located and licensed?
She practices in Michigan and holds the credential MI LMSW, a Licensed Master Social Worker credential in that state.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing support.
How does payment and pricing work?
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?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.