Nicole Bakewell, LMHC

Nicole Bakewell is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. Nicole aims to offer steady support while people work toward clearer goals and better daily functioning.

Nicole uses straightforward methods in session. She centers conversations on what matters to each person and adapts tools to fit real life. Her approach blends Attachment-Based ideas with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and emotion-focused work to address patterns, thoughts, and feelings that get in the way.

Her background includes work in community mental health and telehealth settings. That experience informed how she helps people manage trauma, caregiver strain, chronic illness challenges, and the stresses that come with aging and geriatric issues. She has also worked with clients facing parenting challenges, adoption and foster care concerns, and complicated grief.

In sessions she aims to be warm and nonjudgmental. Nicole helps people name problems, try small changes, and build routines that make life more manageable. She also uses techniques to strengthen relationships and improve emotional connection where that is a goal.

Nicole’s availability is largely during weekday hours with occasional weekend times. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session. She welcomes conversations that clarify goals and next steps.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past and present relationships shape current reactions. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) targets emotional experience and interaction patterns to improve closeness and reduce repeating conflicts in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods that fit. That process is collaborative and can shift over time as needs change.

Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings across time zones. It can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, make it simpler to include caregivers in planning, and let people use tools and worksheets between meetings to practice new skills.