Nicole Ricketts (She/her) | Bilingual: EN/FR
Reaching out for therapy can take courage. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or simply sensing that something in your body and life needs attention, I’m glad you’ve found your way here.
I’m a Licensed Counselling Therapist offering trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware psychotherapy. My work is grounded in ACT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), polyvagal-informed, and somatic approaches. I support adults whose nervous systems have learned to stay on high alert — often through trauma, chronic stress or illness, injury, neurodivergence, caregiving, or years of holding responsibility for others.
Many of my clients function well on the outside, yet feel internally braced, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their own sense of ease. Therapy with me offers a steady, thoughtful space to slow down, understand how your system learned to adapt, and gently move from survival patterns toward greater safety, regulation, and steadiness.
Alongside my clinical work, I’ve contributed to research exploring ACT-based teletherapy for care partners. This experience continues to inform my commitment to accessible, evidence-based care that honours both the science and the lived experience of the nervous system.
Professional Affiliations
Education
Honours & Awards
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I’m a Licensed Counselling Therapist offering trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware psychotherapy. My work is grounded in ACT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), polyvagal-informed, and somatic approaches. I support adults whose nervous systems have learned to stay on high alert — often through trauma, chronic stress or illness, injury, neurodivergence, caregiving, or years of holding responsibility for others.
Many of my clients function well on the outside, yet feel internally braced, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their own sense of ease. Therapy with me offers a steady, thoughtful space to slow down, understand how your system learned to adapt, and gently move from survival patterns toward greater safety, regulation, and steadiness.
Alongside my clinical work, I’ve contributed to research exploring ACT-based teletherapy for care partners. This experience continues to inform my commitment to accessible, evidence-based care that honours both the science and the lived experience of the nervous system.
Professional Affiliations
- Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
- Licensed Counselling Therapist (LCT) with the College of Counselling Therapists of New Brunswick (CCTNB)
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Education
- Master's Degree | Counselling Psychology | Yorkville University.
- Bachelor's Degree | Interdisciplinary Arts | Université de Moncton.
Honours & Awards
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tele-counselling Program with Care Partners of Persons Living with Dementia: A Pilot Feasibility RCT. Journal of Applied Gerontology | 2025 https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251338303
- 5 Smooth Stones Leadership Award for Extraordinary Community Service | Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick | 2023
- Engaging care partners of persons living with dementia in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) programs: A scoping review. Aging and Mental Health | 2023 https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2288864
- Canada's Premiers Award for Innovation in Mental Health & Addictions Care : Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Tele-Counselling for Informal Caregivers | 2022
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