About Me
Nikole Layton, Licensed Therapist
I’m Nikole.
I thrive in 1:1 situations but sometimes I get a little lost in the crowd. You might spot me with my purple yeti mug, sipping on an iced oatmilk latte walking, leaving a local business, looking for pretty flowers. My idea of a perfect Sunday is getting up early, to lay around leisurely all morning, taking my time to actually get up. Then I’m cooking a large breakfast (with fresh eggs from my chickens), before heading outside for a day of gardening. I love to garden so much it's hard to choose between growing my own ingredients for salsa & pizza and helping badass women unlock their minds.
I’ve had a frontseat, to how traditional mental health care and the socialization of women is hurting more women than it’s helping. I get so frustrated when I learn about the ways that my clients have been disempowered and pushed onto medications and encouraged to settle for always feeling anxious. I was fortunate to enter the mental health field when I did, because we can actually use data and evidence to make sure therapy is effective. Rather than just let someone talk themselves into a tizzy each week, hoping they’ll just get over it.
I’ve had my own issues with anxiety, people pleasing, and shutting down. I have some understanding of the unique experience of being trapped in your own mind. I’m not perfect and I’m no longer trying to be. I’m not interested in more achievements because doing more for other people hasn’t made my life better. And chances are its the same for you too.
My Professional Experience
I have been a licensed therapist since September 2021.
I am a LCSW in the state of California.
I graduated with my master’s from the School of Social Work, at USC, May 2018
I started my career in mental health in 2014
I am trained in EMDR and I have taken additional trainings in treating trauma related dissociation.
I started my private practice, Visible Healing, June 2022 to focus on clients that I do the best work with.