About Nicole L. Gonzalez, LCSW
Nicole is a psychotherapist with a history in business leadership roles. She develops genuine connections and alliances with her clients creating a safe, warm, empathetic, and honest environment. She feels it is a privilege to be present and partner individuals and couples to better understand themselves, overcome challenges, and achieve their goals. She is passionate about enabling individuals to overcome the effects of trauma and mental health challenges. Nicole began her career as a therapist with an interest in how trauma, particularly interpersonal trauma, shapes or shifts so much of our lives: our manner of thinking, our emotional responses, our perspective on the world, and perhaps most importantly the way we connect with other people. This led to an adjacent interest in couples therapy. Nicole is an eclectic, scientifically-based practitioner who draws from Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), IFS (Internal Family Systems), Attachment Theory, and Object Relations.
Nicole is a certified Trauma Counselor and was the Director of Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Initiative for Safe Horizons where she: lead and coordinated activities of an Interdisciplinary Domestic Violence (DV) High-Risk Team charged with ensuring effective protective actions and strategies for clients, provided short term counseling, crisis intervention and advocacy for DV survivors identified as high risk, developed risk management plans with clients, reflecting each client’s unique situation and facilitated team meetings with and training/presentations for law enforcement and social service organizations, In addition, Nicole's interned at the Crime Victims Treatment Center at Mt. Sinai West & St. Luke’s Hospitals where she provided individual therapy to survivors of violent crime to prevent, reduce or eliminate symptoms of PTSD and other mental health disorders using various evidence-based techniques. Before entering private practice work full-time, Nicole worked in the Psychiatric Emergency Room and Outpatient Clinic at Kings County Hospital.
Education
Ms. Gonzalez graduated with a Master of Social Work from NYU Silver School of Social Work and with a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College, City University of New York. Nicole L. Gonzalez, LCSW earned a degree of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Licenses
Nicole L. Gonzalez, LCSW has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since March 08, 2017, and her NPI number is 1033650171. Ms. Gonzalez certified her NPI information on 06/11/2021.
Associations
Ms. Nicole L. Gonzalez is a member of:
- Phi Alpha Honor Society
- National Association of Social Workers
- Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology
Book an Appointment
Ms. Nicole L. Gonzalez is a verified clinical social worker on Vitadox.com and currently accepts new patient appointments.
To schedule an appointment with Ms. Nicole L. Gonzalez, please call (718) 398-1962.
