Nicala Edwards, LPC

Nicala Edwards is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with more than five years of experience in the mental health field. She has provided care across a variety of clinical settings, including in-patient units, partial care programs, outpatient clinics, in-home visits, and addiction services, which has given her exposure to a wide range of presenting concerns and levels of severity.

She has extensive experience addressing anxiety, family and relationship conflicts, life transitions, work with the LGBTQIA population, and complex trauma and abuse. She also has clinical familiarity with depression, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and mild autism. Nicala works with both individuals and families facing mental health struggles, marital difficulties, suicidal thoughts, grief, loss, and other issues that can feel overwhelming.

Her therapeutic aim is to help reduce distressing symptoms and improve everyday functioning through collaborative treatment planning. Nicala provides support to clients from diverse backgrounds with a professional, respectful, and energetic approach, partnering with each person or family to identify goals and practical steps forward.

Clinically, she is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and draws on additional methods such as person-centered care, an eclectic or integrative framework, motivational interviewing, play therapy, solution-focused strategies, and systems approaches. She is committed to creating a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment where clients can work toward their therapeutic goals, recognizing that life can be difficult but that help and support are available.