Nicole Pratl, MSW

About

Pre-Licensed Professional in Chicago, IL. Works with Relationship Issues, Marital and Premarital and Anxiety. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Relationship Issues
• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Transitions
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Helps people make room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, and commit to actions that fit what matters to them.
• BrainspottingA newer trauma therapy that uses where a person looks, held at fixed points, to help reach and process distressing feelings.
• ImagoA couples therapy that uses structured conversations to help partners see how childhood experiences shape their conflicts, and to reconnect.
• IntegrativeCombines more than one therapy approach, fitted to the person's needs.
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)Sees the mind as made of different 'parts', and helps people understand and care for them from a calm, compassionate core 'Self'.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)Combines mindfulness practice, paying attention to the present moment without judgment, with ideas from cognitive therapy.
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• Positive PsychologyFocuses on well-being, strengths, gratitude and what makes life fulfilling, alongside working through difficulties.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• SomaticBody-focused therapy that pays attention to physical sensations, posture and breathing, on the view that stress and trauma are held in the body as well as the mind.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Relationship Issues, Marital and Premarital, Anxiety, ADHD, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Infidelity, LGBTQ+, Life Transitions, Neurodivergence & Executive Functioning, Polyamory & ENM, Queer Identity Exploration & Acceptance, Self Esteem, Stress, Transgender, Trauma and PTSD

Insurance

Aetna, Aetna EAP, Aetna Student Health, Anthem, BlueCross and BlueShield, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Government Employees Health Association (GEHA), Medica, Meritain Health, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, Surest, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare / Optum EAP, UnitedHealthcare Student Resources, UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, Out of Network

Fees

Individual sessions $250

Payment methods

American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Adults

Works with

Individuals, Couples

Communities

Queer Allied, Racial Justice Allied, Transgender Allied

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago JACSW

Years in practice

6

Education & qualifications