Nicole Ladner-Pace, LCSW

Nicole Ladner-Pace is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, life transitions, and compassion fatigue. She encourages a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they really think and feel. Nicole aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who may be unsure about therapy.

She blends practical tools with supportive listening. Sessions often focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings. Nicole uses methods that help people notice unhelpful thinking, reconnect with personal values, and rebuild a sense of purpose after change.

Her work draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. She also uses client-centered approaches that prioritize the person’s own goals and pace. Mindfulness and narrative methods are brought in to help people notice patterns and reframe difficult stories about themselves.

Nicole has supported people through communication problems, questions about life purpose, and challenges around self-love and women’s concerns. She also helps young adults adjust to new seasons of life and addresses compassion fatigue for those feeling burned out by caregiving or work stress.

Nicole practices in California and holds the credential LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Sessions are offered in English and she provides a mix of session formats to fit different needs and schedules.

How Nicole’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and timing, with the therapist listening closely and following the client’s lead. This approach helps people feel heard and keeps work focused on what matters to them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and relationship worries because it offers clear strategies people can try between sessions.

Mindfulness techniques help people notice their present experience without judgment and can reduce reactivity to stress or difficult emotions. These practices are often short and easy to use during daily life.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they try methods and adjust them over time to find the best fit.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let therapists and clients work visually when needed, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to schedule consistent sessions and practice new skills in real time.