About Nicole
Nicole Sodawasser is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of hands-on experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and major life transitions. She emphasizes building an accepting atmosphere where clients can explore thoughts and feelings without feeling judged.
Background and approach
Nicole frames therapy as a collaborative journey that honors each person’s courage to seek change and pursue greater well-being. Her approach centers on supporting clients through practical challenges like self-esteem and confidence struggles, compassion fatigue, and coping with loss.
She also brings attention to relational and emotional patterns such as attachment concerns, communication difficulties, body image, forgiveness, mood challenges, and symptoms related to post-traumatic stress. Nicole works to empower clients to discover strengths, develop coping strategies, and move toward more fulfilling day-to-day living.
Licensed in Illinois as an LCSW, she integrates empathetic listening with goal-focused work tailored to each person’s needs. Whether someone is facing an acute stressor or broader mood-related concerns, Nicole offers steady professional support aimed at thoughtful insight and manageable change.
Client-centered care delivered online
Client-centered therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s lead. This approach helps people explore feelings, clarify values, and build self-directed solutions for stress, anxiety, grief, and related concerns.Nicole’s practice uses that collaborative stance to tailor sessions to what each person needs most, whether the focus is coping with loss, addressing compassion fatigue, or improving self-esteem and mood. She works together with clients to identify goals, try new coping strategies, and adjust the pace or focus as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and allow clients to connect with a licensed professional from varied locations, including international settings. The combination of a client-centered approach and multiple session formats supports accessible, practical care that adapts to each person’s needs.
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- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English