Nicolette Ulstrom

Nicolette Ulstrom is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who centers therapy on the person in front of her. She focuses on strengths and small steps that lead to clearer self-understanding and more satisfying daily life. Her approach is gentle and practical, aimed at helping people reconnect with what matters most to them.

She earned a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Argosy University in Eagan, Minnesota, and has been practicing since 2016. Over eight years she worked in a family residential treatment setting where healing happened through increased self-awareness and personal growth. That experience shaped a collaborative style that keeps the client’s goals central.

In sessions she uses a mix of approaches that match each person’s needs. She brings client-centered methods that listen for strengths, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation, and narrative ideas that help people rewrite their life stories. Motivational interviewing and emotionally-focused work also inform her tools for change.

Nicolette commonly helps with stress, anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, and self-esteem issues. She also supports people navigating grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy questions, and a range of women’s issues. Adoption and attachment concerns, body image, codependency, and communication problems are included in her focus areas.

Her style is side-by-side rather than directive. She aims to create an encouraging atmosphere so people can unweave difficult patterns and discover new ways of living. Sessions take practical steps toward goals the client chooses.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience first and focuses on listening and building on strengths to make small, useful changes. This approach helps when someone feels stuck or wants to reconnect with what matters in life.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It can be useful for stress, anger, anxiety, and patterns that lead to addictive behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people identify and work with emotional patterns that affect closeness and attachment in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods based on the client’s goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where choices are adjusted as progress is made.

Confirm current session formats before booking since specific options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports continuity of care across life changes while allowing therapies like skills training, motivational interviewing, and narrative work to move forward in regular sessions.