Nikkia Matthews, LMSW
Calm, practical therapy for life and relationships
Details
| Name | Nikkia Matthews |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMSW |
| Based in | Michigan |
| Licensed in | Michigan |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 11 |
About Nikkia
Nikkia Matthews is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 11 years of clinical experience in Michigan. She brings a practical, steady presence to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction. She also supports those facing relationship and family challenges, parenting strains, career shifts, and identity or intimacy concerns.
She uses a narrative-informed outlook to help people reframe their stories and make different choices. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Background and approach
Nikkia works to make complex problems easier to talk about and to break goals into small, doable steps. Her background includes multiple therapeutic approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. These tools are woven into practical skills for coping with life changes, anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, and issues tied to attachment and abandonment.
Nikkia pays attention to how family of origin and blended family dynamics shape current patterns. She also helps with communication problems, codependency, commitment concerns, and recovering after separation or divorce. She emphasizes building life skills alongside emotional healing.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Nikkia helps people set clear goals, try new behaviors, and track progress. Progress is measured in everyday changes like calmer reactions, clearer boundaries, and steadier mood.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Nikkia works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Nikkia among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Nikkia directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Nikkia directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, while focusing on values-based action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and the world, then creates space to rewrite those stories in more helpful ways for relationship and identity concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, listening stance so people feel understood and can lead the pace of change.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try methods, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time so therapy fits the person's needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break and need less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and fit therapy into a busy life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Nikkia works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and trauma and abuse. She also helps with relationship problems, parenting strains, career transitions, and self-esteem or identity concerns.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is conversational and goal-focused, blending narrative ideas with ACT and client-centered methods. Sessions aim to reframe stories and practice small, concrete changes.
What experience does this therapist bring?
The therapist has 11 years of clinical experience working in Michigan settings and has supported people through life changes, trauma recovery, and skill-building work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LMSW, which is a Licensed Master Social Worker, and is based in Michigan.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats do sessions take?
Sessions can occur via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the client.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Contacting this therapist
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