Nichole Proulx

Nichole Proulx is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Maine who has worked in the counseling field since 2008 and brings 13 years of experience to her clinical work. She has extensive experience supporting people coping with anxiety, depression, high levels of stress, trauma, difficult life transitions, and challenges in communication and conflict resolution.

Her practice focuses on work with individuals, couples, and families. Nichole helps clients address a wide range of concerns, including relationship and family conflicts, addictions, LGBT concerns, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping disorders, parenting challenges, anger management, self-esteem struggles, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coaching for coping with life changes.

Nichole takes a person-centered approach and emphasizes that clients are the experts on their own lives. She aims to build a therapeutic relationship grounded in mutual respect, honesty, trust, open communication, and a shared commitment to doing the work. Her counseling style is direct yet reflective, and she uses humor when it is appropriate. She adapts her approach to each person’s needs, recognizing that some people benefit from more guidance and questions while others need space to be heard.

Trained in a variety of therapeutic models, Nichole typically uses an eclectic approach that draws from multiple evidence-based practices to meet each client’s needs. Her methods include cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (with DBT certification in process), solution-focused and gestalt techniques, motivational interviewing, relationship counseling focused on conflict resolution and communication skills, and mindfulness-based strategies.

If Nichole is chosen for this part of a client’s journey, she looks forward to collaborating and supporting that work together.