About Nicole
Nicole DeLuca is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Nevada with three years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. Nicole approaches each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
She acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and offers a steady, respectful presence for that first step. Nicole’s style is straightforward and collaborative.
Background and approach
She listens first, then works with people to set clear, achievable goals. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth, with simple tools to manage symptoms between meetings. She uses approaches that fit the person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
In therapy Nicole draws on client-centered work that keeps the conversation focused on the client's priorities. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness skills and emotion-regulation strategies can help during moments of overwhelm or panic.
Nicole also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills for strong emotions and EMDR-informed methods when trauma memories interfere with daily life. She tailors interventions to what the person finds most useful. The aim is to build skills that make day-to-day functioning easier and relationships clearer.
People who come to Nicole often want practical tools, steady support, and a therapist who respects their experience. Her approach is patient, direct, and focused on real-life changes that help people move forward.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's own goals and strengths. In online sessions this means conversations that follow what matters most to the client and adapt to their pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into manageable steps to change patterns that drive anxiety or depression. Online CBT often includes homework and short skills practice between sessions.Nicole also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. These concrete skills work well over video or chat and can be practiced in daily life. The therapist will talk with the person about which approaches feel like the best match and make adjustments as the work unfolds. Choosing an approach is collaborative and based on the client's goals, needs, and preferences rather than a preset plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging can help people stay connected between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use the formats that help most for practice and follow-up.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Nevada
- Languages
- English
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