Nicolette Ulstrom

Nicolette Ulstrom is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people reclaim a sense of joy and purpose. She centers therapy on each person's strengths and partners with clients to take practical steps toward feeling more like themselves.

She earned a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Argosy University in Eagan, Minnesota, and has been licensed since 2016. Over eight years she worked in a family residential treatment center, supporting growth and self-awareness in people facing substance use and related concerns.

Her work emphasizes building self-worth and stronger coping with anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, addictions, relationship strain, and challenges around intimacy and sexuality. Body image, adoption and foster care, attachment, and family of origin issues are additional areas she addresses.

Nicolette uses approaches that help people tell their stories and find new ways forward. She leans on client-centered methods that follow the person's priorities and on tools from narrative therapy, motivational interviewing, emotionally-focused work, and dialectical behavior therapy when helpful.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Nicolette describes a side-by-side style where she listens to how past experiences shaped a person and then helps them decide what they want next. People are guided to practical steps that fit their goals and daily life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person's priorities and offering empathic listening. Online sessions that use this approach let the client steer topics while the therapist reflects and helps clarify next steps. Emotionally-focused therapy pays attention to emotional bonds and how feelings shape relationships; in remote work it can help people recognize patterns and practice new ways of connecting. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, distress, and interpersonal conflict, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed with a therapist.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This means trying ideas, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one fixed method up front.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy weeks, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It also supports following up on skill practice between sessions and keeping momentum during life changes.