Nicole Byrne (she/her)

Positive experiences of human connection are essential components of our emotional health. One of my primary goals is to facilitate this type of relational experience in our work together to help you process and heal what hurts, while empowering you to effectively move forward in life. I help my clients develop fulfilling and meaningful relationships with others by initially working closely to develop a compassionate and loving relationship to self.

It takes time and practice to improve your self-esteem, such that you walk through the world bravely, with confidence, and the willingness to take risks. I’ll help you take off the “armor” you’ve used for so long for protection and move toward yourself and others in a spirit of compassion and open-heartedness. If it's situational we'll develop steps for you to practice and move through it. If it's deep rooted, we'll unpack it, bring it to the surface, and learn to leave it in the past.

It can feel relieving to receive support in navigating not just the stress inherent to every day life, but to develop tools and the mindset to overcome the hardships that keep you stuck, overwhelmed, and scared. Together we'll get to know what makes you anxious and how it impacts your life. Next we'll develop strategies, like mindfulness, to relieve you of your anxiety. Our goal will be for you to develop trust in yourself so that you can manage your anxiety well.

I utilize DBT to help you how to live in the moment, manage stress, identify and take charge of your emotions, and improve relationships with others. I will provide you many tools and techniques to deal with the problem in the here and now.

I use this classic theory when we explore where your behaviors and patterns start from and how they've been reinforced throughout your lifetime. When relevant, we'll unpack some of your past, and use that to guide us to craft the present life you'd like to live.

I utilize DBT to help you learn how to live in the moment, manage stress, identify and take charge of your emotions, and improve relationships with others. You'll receive tools and techniques to practice so that you can build mastery and confidence in your ability to cope.

Trauma and shame can act as a powerful roadblock to your happiness. Shame is at the root of both the inner critic and perfectionism. It binds with and hides behind other emotions, such as anger and fear, so that it's often hard to detect. Many people go to great lengths to avoid acknowledging or even feeling shame -and this gets in the way of making progress in treatment. I'll support you to move your energy powerfully outward rather than turn inward.

Stress is an inevitable. Yet, it can feel unmanageable. The more you try to understand it and make it go away, the larger it gets. Psychotherapy can help you break free of it’s grip on your life so that you can navigate challenges well, live more playfully, and feel fulfilled! You will enter counseling to overcome and conquer your inner critic, self-doubt, perfectionism, performance stress, and overwhelm that gets in the in the way of achieving your ambitions.

ACT blends mindful behavior, attention to personal values, and commitment to actionable steps that support your transformation. Rather than try to control or suppress what is hard, I'll invite you to curiously investigate your psychological experience and then take steps to pivot towards valid alternatives rooted in your values. Eventually you'll be better equipped to accept inevitable hardships while committing to necessary changes that help you live the life you want to live.

EMDR is an evidence-based and neuroscience-informed integrative therapy that reduces distressing emotional symptoms from challenging life experiences and trauma. Using bilateral stimulation, EMDR works with and aids your brain’s natural impulse to move through feelings and thoughts to activate your natural healing processes. In successful EMDR therapy, the meaning of painful events is transformed on an emotional level and you'll feel empowered by the experience that once tarnished you.

I specialize in working with women going through relationship transitions who are unclear with how to move forward and feel better. We'll unpack what worked, what didn't work, and use this knowledge to guide you on a values based path. We'll work through old habits and other stuff from the past that keeps you from being in the relationship or place in your life you've always imagined. From here you will have the tools to ask for what you want and the agency in life to move forward!

I'll support you to have meaningful relationships where people get you, where you feel fulfilled, and where your needs matter. We'll unpack what went wrong and what went right so that we can begin to discover how to make positive change. We'll pivot towards your ideal and keep tackling the old habits that get in your way. Eventually, you'll have the tools and confidence to ask for what you want from others and invest in the relationships that fill you up.