Dr. Nicole Djakow-Fransko

Dr. Nicole is a licensed psychologist. Her style is warm, engaging, empowering, direct, inquisitive, and collaborative. She believes in capitalizing upon patients’ existing strengths, and uses an integrative approach, pulling from different models of therapy such as psychodynamic, CBT, attachment-based, and DBT. Dr. Nicole strongly encourages patients to be goal-minded in their therapy journey, and believes reflection in between sessions is a great predictor of therapeutic progress.

Dr. Nicole works diligently to understand her patients’ internal worlds to best assist them in finding effective, individual strategies to implement in the “real” world. Many individuals seeking therapy services report feeling “broken” or “damaged,” which often serve to keep them stuck in unhealthy behavior patterns. Dr. Nicole seeks to help patients feel more restored and see their intrinsic worth and value as a human being and step away from potential victim mentalities.

The therapy space Dr. Nicole strives to create is one of safety, reflection, and growth. She utilizes a non-judgmental approach in hopes that the shame that frequently enters the therapy process can be addressed and met with kindness and grace towards oneself, much like one might have when conversing with a friend or loved one.