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Nikki Easter, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Stress and Anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- ACT exercises
- Attachment focus
About Nikki
Nikki Easter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with eight years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief and loss, low self-esteem, depression, and LGBT-related concerns. Her work focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day. She aims to make the first session straightforward and goal-focused.
In sessions she listens to the immediate problems and looks for clear patterns in thoughts and behaviors. She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help notice unhelpful thinking and try different responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques are used when people want to clarify values and take small committed actions. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and patterns formed early in life.
Her style is direct and structured. Conversations typically produce simple exercises to practice between sessions. She blends client-centered listening with skills from DBT when emotion regulation or distress tolerance is needed. Jungian and psychodynamic concepts may appear when exploring deeper themes around meaning and identity.
Nikki has supported people through caregiver stress, blended family concerns, codependency, issues around commitment and control, and sexual subcultures including kink and BDSM. She also works with people facing eating and food-related problems, dissociation, abandonment and attachment wounds, and fatherhood-related questions.
Sessions are held from her Texas practice and conducted in English. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling steps.
How CBT, ACT and attachment work in online sessions
Online sessions can use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to focus on clear problems and teach step-by-step strategies. CBT work often involves identifying specific thoughts that precede distress and trying brief between-session experiments to test new responses.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions aligned with those values. ACT work in sessions tends to combine mindfulness-style noticing with small behavioral commitments to change routine patterns.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions. In remote sessions this can help people recognize repeated interaction styles and practice new ways of relating in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs and then try methods that fit. That process is collaborative and can shift over time as goals become clearer.
Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time for appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt practices to whatever session type is offered so therapy fits into daily routines without requiring big schedule changes.
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Additional focus areas
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she typically help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem issues, depression, and LGBT related concerns, plus related areas such as abandonment, attachment, and caregiver stress.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test alternative responses through simple, practical exercises between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She holds the LPC credential and has eight years of professional experience working with the listed concerns.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed in Texas as an LPC and provides services from a Texas practice location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.