Nicole Bakewell

Nicole Bakewell is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She offers straightforward, compassionate support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and other life shifts. Nicole aims to help clients find practical steps toward feeling more balanced and in control.

Nicole has about eight years of clinical experience and has worked in community mental health and telehealth settings. She has supported individuals with trauma, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, grief, compassion fatigue, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also helps people navigating ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, and the emotional effects of chronic illness or caregiving.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, and emotionally focused methods. In sessions she blends these methods to match what each person needs, focusing on both skills and understanding the patterns that keep problems coming back.

Nicole describes her style as warm, caring, and nonjudgmental. She aims to be a practical support - talking through concerns, identifying small changes, and building on what already works. Her primary availability is Monday through Friday from early morning to late evening Eastern Time with some weekend hours, and she is open to discussing scheduling needs that fall outside those times.

To begin, Nicole asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on her availability. She works with international clients and conducts sessions in English.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and patterns between people. Online sessions can help identify how early connections affect current reactions and build different, healthier ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms. Emotionally focused ideas help people notice and name strong emotions and practice new ways of responding when feelings are intense.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that match those aims, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to use and how to pace the work.

The therapist has worked in telehealth settings, but the biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people attend from different time zones, which supports international clients. The focus remains on skill building and understanding patterns, regardless of how sessions are scheduled.