Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Welcome! My name is Nicole Thomte, my pronouns are she/her or they/them, and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #3853 in Minnesota. My focus in my practice is to serve those individuals, couples, and families who live outside the confines of dominant society’s expectations. I offer affirmative therapy for LGBTQIA+/kink/CNM/polyam/etc persons, using a largely solution-focused approach from an intersectional feminist lens. I know that these populations are underserved in current society, and my goal is for you to have the inclusive support you deserve to improve your life the way you want. I am also interested in sex-positive therapy and sex therapy, while still recognizing the validity of asexuality in its own spectrum.
My therapeutic style is non-directive, exploratory, accepting, and acknowledging the humor that often leavens the stress of life. You’re the expert in your life, and I’m here to provide support and an outside perspective to help find patterns and connections that may not be visible to you in the midst of your troubles. What you bring to the session is what interests me, rather than relying on labeling and constraints of diagnoses.
Choosing to sit with people in a therapeutic connection as my third career path has been one of the longest and most complex decisions I have made in my life thus far. It has also been one of the most rewarding and transformative experiences I have ever encountered.
I worked at a behavioral health agency once I was approved for my state intern license in 2013. The population we served were most often persons who have the most difficulties: often already on disability or in the interminable waiting period after having applied, with multiple health troubles, and with the least access to needed resources.
Since before even starting my work as a state intern, I had begun attending supervision groups and co-facilitating survivor groups under the auspices of Gender Justice Nevada in November, 2012. Over the nearly six years until my hiatus in July, 2018, I learned from the bravery of survivors of sex/gender based violence, oppression, and discrimination, including sex/gender diverse young persons, the families and loved ones of sex/gender diverse persons, and sex workers, as I provided therapeutic group facilitation in addition to individual, couple, and family therapy, due to my drive to advocate for marginalized communities.
I am a compassionate, driven, tireless advocate for those who are forced into the margins of society, and I look forward to the gift of what you wish to share with me.
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Nicole Thomte (she/her or they/them) is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Minnesota, with thirteen years of clinical experience. Nicole centers a practice that intentionally serves people, couples, and families who live outside dominant societal expectations and who are often underserved by mainstream mental health care.
Nicole offers affirmative therapy for LGBTQIA+ people as well as those involved in kink, consensual nonmonogamy, polyamory, and related relationship structures, using a largely solution-focused approach informed by an intersectional feminist perspective. She is also interested in sex-positive work and sex therapy while affirming the legitimacy of asexuality within its own spectrum.
Her therapeutic manner is exploratory and accepting rather than prescriptive, with attention to humor as a way to ease the strain of difficult situations. Nicole approaches clients as the experts in their own lives, providing supportive reflection and an outside viewpoint to help illuminate patterns and connections that might be hard to see amid current struggles. She prefers to prioritize what each person brings to sessions over reliance on diagnostic labels.
Choosing to work in therapy was Nicole’s third career path, a decision she describes as complex, lengthy, and profoundly rewarding. After receiving approval for a state intern license in 2013, she worked at a behavioral health agency serving people with significant challenges, including many navigating disability, multiple health concerns, and limited access to resources.
Beginning in November 2012, Nicole participated in supervision groups and co-facilitated survivor groups with Gender Justice Nevada, a commitment that continued until a hiatus in July 2018. Over those nearly six years she learned from survivors of sex- and gender-based violence and discrimination, sex- and gender-diverse young people, families and loved ones of gender-diverse people, and sex workers, providing group facilitation as well as individual, couple, and family therapy.
Nicole describes herself as a compassionate, driven advocate for those pushed to the margins, and she welcomes the opportunity to hear what clients bring to the therapeutic relationship.
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One major benefit is flexibility – clients can connect in the format that best fits their needs, whether by video call, phone session, live chat, or in-app messaging. This range of options makes it easier to schedule and sustain regular treatment alongside work, family, and other commitments.
Sessions are provided by licensed professionals, and if someone feels a different fit would be better, it is possible to change therapists. For many people, the combination of proven effectiveness and practical convenience makes online therapy a viable way to address everyday mental health and relationship concerns.
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