Nicole Bakewell, LMHC

Therapist in Florida

Nicole Bakewell is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and relationship pain.

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Licensed inFlorida
LicenseMH18602
NPI 1609474766
Experience8+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Nicole

Nicole Bakewell is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and relationship pain. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can work through practical problems and feel heard. Nicole uses clear steps and steady support so parents and adults can make changes that fit their lives.

Nicole has eight years of counseling experience and has worked in community mental health and telehealth settings.

Background and approach

She has supported people facing trauma, addiction, grief, parenting strain, and challenges like ADHD and chronic health concerns. Her background includes work across different care settings, which shaped a flexible, hands-on style. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to address thoughts, feelings, and relationships.

She also incorporates skills from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally focused work when helpful. In sessions Nicole helps people identify patterns, practice new coping skills, and repair important relationships. Nicole describes her style as warm and practical.

She prioritizes clear goals, step-by-step tools, and steady emotional support. Many sessions focus on small, achievable changes that build toward bigger improvements. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and she works with international clients.

Scheduling is set through an online matching process and subscription plan that can be canceled at any time.

Credentials

LMHC (Florida): License MH18602 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1609474766 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Nicole lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Nicole names

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Online support

Attachment-informed and skills-based care online

Nicole combines attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral tools to help people better understand patterns in relationships and daily life. Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape reactions and closeness, which can help with intimacy issues, abandonment fears, and attachment concerns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and making space for the client's goals so sessions feel supportive and collaborative. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood, and unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Nicole will work with each person to pick the methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She discusses options openly and adapts techniques as progress is made so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and deeper relational work, phone calls can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and messaging or chat can support shorter check-ins or between-session coaching. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care, fit therapy into a busy week, and use the format that feels most comfortable for the work at hand.

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Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns does Nicole address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and many other life challenges listed in her specialties.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm, practical, and collaborative. She blends attachment-based perspectives with client-centered listening and skill-building approaches like CBT and DBT.

What is her clinical background?

Nicole has eight years of experience providing services in community mental health and telehealth settings, working with a wide range of concerns and client situations.

Where is she licensed and located?

She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, and she is available to work with international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's listed availability.

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