Nicole Sangster-Lucas

Nicole Sangster-Lucas is a licensed clinical social worker who brings a decade of experience helping children, adolescents, adults, and families pursue emotional wellness and greater clarity. She creates a supportive, collaborative environment that emphasizes client-therapist partnership and the development of skills for lasting change and resilience in the face of stress and life transitions.

She adapts treatment to each person’s needs and abilities, beginning with careful assessment to gain diagnostic clarity. Her practice is integrative and draws on a range of evidence-based techniques to match the right interventions to the presenting concerns. Nicole uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Mindfulness-Based approaches as appropriate to the client’s goals.

With experience addressing depression, anxiety, family conflict, stress, life transitions, motivation challenges, trauma, and grief and loss, she focuses on helping clients build self-sufficiency and emotional insight. She holds the credentials LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) and LISW-CP (licensed independent social worker with a clinical practice designation) and is based in North Carolina. Nicole welcomes working with individuals and families seeking practical, evidence-informed support for meaningful, lasting change.