About Nicholas
Nicholas Masser is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. He works with adults facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life transitions. He encourages clear steps and practical support so clients can manage day-to-day problems more easily.
He brings nine years of professional experience in New York to his work. That background includes supporting people dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, and chronic illness.
Background and approach
He also addresses issues such as sleep disruption, anger, low self-esteem, and career uncertainty. In sessions he emphasizes the client’s own knowledge about their life. He treats clients as collaborators and builds on their strengths.
Conversations focus on specific goals and on small, doable changes that add up over time. His approach draws on a mix of proven methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.
Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing supports people who want to make lasting changes. Nicholas aims for straightforward, practical work rather than jargon.
He guides people through steps they can try between meetings. This keeps progress focused and measurable as life improves. People who choose him can expect a calm, goal-oriented atmosphere.
He helps clients break problems into manageable parts and celebrate small gains. The overall aim is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better coping skills.
How his methods translate to online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and patterns that keep people stuck. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and reactivity; it often helps when clients want tools to calm strong emotions. Motivational Interviewing uses short, focused conversations to strengthen a person’s own reasons for change, which can be useful for addiction, health behavior, or major life shifts.Nicholas approaches treatment as a team effort. He will talk with clients about goals and try different ways of working until a good fit is found. Together they set priorities and check progress so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short coaching prompts, or when a written record of steps is helpful. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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