About Nicole
Nicole Shaddix-Olsen is a licensed clinician who blends body-focused and talk-based work to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and trauma. She is listed as LCPC and LPC and brings nine years of experience to her practice in Florida. Nicole aims to make the room feel calm and approachable so people can say what they need to say without feeling judged.
She uses somatic techniques alongside attachment-focused and client-centered methods.
Background and approach
That means attention to bodily responses, patterns in close relationships, and a steady, respectful listening style. Sessions are paced to each person’s comfort level and focus on what will be most helpful right now. Nicole also draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR when appropriate.
These tools can support emotion regulation, coping during crises, and processing difficult memories. She explains options plainly and works with each person to find the right combination of approaches. Her practice addresses many concerns, including parenting stress, career transitions, grief, intimacy issues, addiction difficulties, and coping with life changes.
Additional focuses include attachment wounds, communication problems, chronic illness, and questions around gender and identity. Nicole aims to help people notice what is happening in their bodies and relationships, and then build practical ways to feel steadier. Clients can expect clear, down-to-earth guidance and steady support.
Nicole invites people to take the first step and offers collaborative, goal-focused work to help move toward more manageable days.
Using Somatic and Attachment Work Online
Nicole blends somatic therapy with attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people notice bodily signals, understand relationship patterns, and feel heard. Somatic therapy focuses on how stress and trauma show up in the body and uses breath, movement awareness, and grounding to ease physical tension. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people try new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy provides a steady, nonjudgmental space where the person leads and the therapist listens and reflects.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicole will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels safest, and then try methods that match those needs. Together they adjust the plan as progress unfolds and priorities change.
Online sessions make this work more flexible. Video calls allow visual cues and movement work when needed, while phone sessions and live chat give quieter options. Text-based messaging and live chat support check-ins between sessions and make care fit busy schedules. These formats help people get consistent support from a licensed professional without rearranging their whole day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Missouri, Florida
- Languages
- English