Nicole Hubbs , LMFT

Nicole Hubbs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Minnesota with 15 years of clinical experience working across settings with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She has extensive background supporting school-aged children and teens, including in-school services for ages 5 to 18, and has provided outpatient care for individual adults and family systems facing a range of life challenges.

Her practice addresses concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and parenting difficulties, behavioral and oppositional issues, gender identity questions, eating and sleeping disturbances, addiction, suicidality, ADHD, OCD, and self-esteem or social struggles. She also works with more specific challenges including attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and control problems, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress. Nicole blends a compassionate, curious stance with active listening to reduce the uncertainty that often accompanies starting therapy and to create a space where people feel supported in taking steps toward change.

Treatment plans are individualized and tailored to each person or family, drawing on a mix of therapeutic approaches. Her work commonly incorporates client-centered principles along with cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally focused techniques, existential perspectives, and evidence-informed family methods. Nicole emphasizes collaboration, genuine empathy, and practical tools to help clients navigate life transitions and improve relationships, coping, and overall functioning.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Nicole Hubbs commonly integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and emotionally focused therapy into her work. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathic relationship in which the therapist follows the client's lead to build insight and self-directed change - this approach can be especially helpful for people struggling with self-esteem, life transitions, or relationship concerns.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to change them. CBT is well suited to addressing anxiety, depression, sleep and eating difficulties, and many stress-related problems. Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) targets emotional patterns within relationships and helps partners or family members shift toward clearer emotional expression and stronger bonds, which can benefit couples and those dealing with attachment or intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicole works with each person or family to explore goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses to ensure the best fit for the client's needs.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow appointments to fit busy schedules, reduce travel time, and make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life changes. Licensed professionals can deliver the same core therapeutic strategies through remote sessions, helping clients gain skills, process emotions, and strengthen relationships from wherever they are.