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Jaime Nichols is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing as a psychotherapist in Austin, Texas. His specialties include addressing issues stemming from trauma, depression, anxiety, grief and loss. As a native of Austin and long-time musician and creative, Jaime also specializes in working with clients on addressing challenges to creativity and performance. Additionally, Jaime is an ally to the LGBTQ+ community and welcomes opportunities to work with individuals, couples and non-traditional partnerships on relationship challenges and opportunities.
Jaime's office is located in North Austin at 12319 Willow Wild Drive, located near Parmer Lane and I-35, where he hosts both face-to-face and virtual teletherapy visits. Jaime enjoys working with clients throughout Texas and his full-time practice provides individual, family, and group therapy services Mondays - Saturdays.
Jaime obtained his bachelor's degree in Psychology at St. Edwards University and obtained his master's degree in Social Work from Texas State University. Prior to starting his clinical practice Jaime worked extensively in hospice and substance use recovery settings. The time spent in these fields greatly influenced his approach to helping individuals and families cope with the life challenges, health issues, and the need for support and meaning at all stages of life. In addition to his clinical practice, Jaime provides training for coaches and therapists on providing client-centered experiential interventions aimed at making effective differences for people.
Years of Experience: 9 years
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Healing painful experiences and memories from the past
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Performance anxiety - Underperforming, due exclusively to anxiety
Couples counseling - Addressing relationship challenges and life transitions; strengthening communication and feelings of security, desire, connection, and love
Creative blocks & writer's block - Setting goals and creating road maps to move beyond perfectionism, procrastination, and self-doubt; building self-awareness and skills to accomplish goals and fuel creativity
This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:
Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.
Due to the economic uncertainty associated with the events of Covid-19, I charge $80 per 50-minute session, which is below the standard market rate for private-pay therapy, counseling, and coaching.
I am credentialed with multiple insurance providers, as listed on my Zencare profile. Following an initial consultation and session, For clients using a healthcare provider not in my network, I am glad to submit a "Super Bill" for clients to file directly with their insurance provider as an Out-Of-Network reimbursement.
I also have a limited number of sliding scale clients, all of which are currently booked, although I am glad to discuss wait listing or referring those in need of sliding scale support.