- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Nicolette
Nicolette Ulstrom is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers sessions on a client's strengths. She offers steady support while helping people untangle stress, anxiety, substance use concerns, and issues around self-esteem and women's health. Her approach is practical and grounded in everyday language so parents can understand each step.
She earned a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and has worked in family residential treatment settings.
Background and approach
That experience shaped her focus on growth through self-awareness and hands-on change. She draws on eight years of clinical practice to help people build new ways of living that feel more joyful and meaningful. Nicolette favors working side by side with clients.
Sessions look at a person's life story and how past experiences influence present choices. Together the therapist and client decide what small steps to try next and which strengths to use in making changes. Her work includes helping people with relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and addiction-related challenges.
She also addresses attachment issues, adoption and foster care questions, body image, and sexuality in plain terms that are easy to follow. Nicolette uses methods that emphasize emotion, motivation, and personal narrative to guide healing. She supports parents who want clearer communication, more consistent boundaries, or better ways to manage anger and stress.
The pace is collaborative and geared to each person's goals.
What Nicolette works with
Everything Nicolette lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nicolette helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Approaches Nicolette lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven care for parents online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths to find practical ways forward. It helps when someone needs steady support, clearer priorities, or help making choices that match their values.Dialectical behavior therapy, often called DBT, teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and reducing reactive behavior. It can be useful for stress, anger, and patterns that interfere with relationships. Emotionally-focused therapy helps people look at emotional patterns in close relationships and build new ways of connecting and responding to one another.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to pick or combine methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration makes it easier to try new strategies and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat or messaging work well for short check-ins, homework support, or when someone needs brief, timely feedback. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy parenting schedule.
Questions people ask about Nicolette
What concerns does she help address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and anger issues, self-esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and mood conditions like depression and bipolar.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses client-centered methods that focus on a person's strengths and choices, and also draws on DBT, emotionally-focused, motivational interviewing, and narrative ideas to guide sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working in settings that include family residential treatment and individual care.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist - practicing in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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