- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Values-based work
About Nikki
Nikki Easter is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults who feel stuck after a life change and with people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and problems with self-esteem. Nikki also addresses concerns related to LGBT issues and relationship patterns that leave someone unsure about what comes next.
In sessions she focuses on practical conversation and skill-building. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking patterns. She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify values and take steps that matter to them.
Attachment-based ideas inform how she talks about relationship patterns and abandonment worries. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when stronger emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Client-centered principles shape a collaborative tone in the room so people can name what matters and try new ways of coping.
Nikki commonly helps people facing issues such as codependency, control struggles, dissociation, blended family stress, caregiver strain, and food or eating related concerns. She also works with people navigating kink, BDSM and alternative sex culture when that is part of the presenting concerns.
Her approach is straightforward. Conversations aim to identify small, manageable changes. She asks questions, offers observations, and suggests exercises clients can use between sessions. To begin, a short questionnaire helps match goals to a first appointment.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify what matters to them and to take small committed actions toward those values. Online ACT work often focuses on exercises and short home practices to test new behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thinking patterns that maintain stress or low mood and introduces practical skills to shift those patterns; CBT sessions usually involve reviewing thoughts and planning specific experiments between meetings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape expectations and responses, helping people notice patterns in their close relationships and try different interaction strategies.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences and decide together which methods to emphasize. That collaborative process can change as the work unfolds and as different skills become more useful.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Many people find it simple to try coping exercises during the week and report back in the next appointment, which helps therapy connect to day-to-day life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem and LGBT related issues. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, codependency, and kink or BDSM related concerns.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical. She combines client-centered listening with CBT, ACT, DBT and attachment-informed ideas to identify steps people can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She holds eight years of professional work experience as a counselor. That experience includes helping people with motivation, confidence, and coping after life changes.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor licensed in Texas. Her practice is based in Texas.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to see which formats are offered.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.