Nicole Williams, LCMHC

Nicole Williams is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - LCMHC - practicing in Vermont. She earned a BS in Individual and Family Studies from the University of Delaware and relocated to Vermont from New Jersey 30 years ago after completing her undergraduate degree.

In 2000 she completed a master’s degree in Counseling at Northern Vermont University, graduating with dual licensure in mental health counseling and school counseling. Her professional background spans private practice, community mental health work, and counseling roles within educational settings, giving her a wide range of experience across service environments.

Across more than 20 years as a counselor, Nicole has focused much of her clinical work on adolescents and families. She has supported people coping with compassion fatigue, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and major life transitions, drawing on extensive study and practical experience to inform her approach.

Her personal interests - a love of music, close time spent with family and friends, and a habit of finding opportunities for humor and laughter - inform a warm, human approach to care. She acknowledges that life can be difficult and sometimes confusing, and that people often benefit from additional support and new perspectives to improve wellbeing and resilience.

Nicole’s practice is trauma-informed and integrates several therapeutic approaches, including client-centered work, solution-focused methods, skill-based cognitive behavioral techniques, and humanistic principles. She builds on the natural supports already present in a person’s life and emphasizes developing trusting, compassionate, non-judgmental therapeutic relationships where clients can explore and deepen their sense of identity and values. She welcomes questions from prospective clients and looks forward to connecting with those seeking support.