- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting and attachment
- Compassion fatigue
About Nicole
Nicole Jacobson is an AASW-accredited social worker with 20 years of experience in Australia. She lists stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns and depression among the issues she helps people with, and she also works with compassion fatigue. Nicole combines professional experience with lived experience as a parent of children with disabilities.
She holds postgraduate certificates in Play Therapy and in Assessment and Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Those qualifications inform her practical approach to supporting parents and carers, and to working with attachment concerns such as those described by Circle of Security parenting ideas.
Nicole has worked in a range of settings, including remote Aboriginal communities, and has family connections to First Nations peoples. That background shapes how she thinks about cultural context and community when talking through care and caregiving issues.
In sessions she focuses on clear, practical conversation and planning. She helps people identify stress triggers, make manageable changes, and work through grief or parenting strain step by step. She also offers support around isolation, communication problems and life-stage changes.
Nicole recognises the heavy load that caregiving and compassion fatigue can bring. She draws on assessment skills when needed and uses play-based ideas with children where appropriate. To begin, she asks about current pressures, daily routines and what matters most to the person seeking help.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Nicole lists evidence-based therapeutic techniques as the basis of her approach. That can include structured assessment and short-term, problem-focused conversations that identify stressors and build coping skills. Those methods help with anxiety, stress and depression by teaching practical ways to manage responses and daily routines.She also uses play-based ideas and assessment tools where relevant, particularly when parenting or developmental questions arise. Play-informed methods give parents concrete ways to interact and practise new patterns of attachment and communication with children.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicole will discuss options, try methods that match the client’s needs and adjust the plan based on how things are going. The process is collaborative and paced according to the person’s goals and energy levels.
The therapist’s biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm which session types are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. They can also let people join from a quieter room, or choose audio-only if they prefer not to be on camera. Appropriately qualified therapists will help arrange the practical details once a session type is chosen.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, depression and compassion fatigue, plus related issues such as isolation, communication problems and life-purpose questions.
How does she work in sessions?
Sessions focus on practical conversation and planning. Nicole helps people identify triggers, set small goals and try concrete coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Nicole has 20 years of professional experience in social work roles across different settings in Australia.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an AASW-accredited social worker working in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.