Nik Wilson MA, MSW, LCSW

(They/Them/Theirs)

Accepting Clients

I am a queer & nonbinary clinician who is passionate about accessible, effective, and attachment-informed therapeutic care.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois

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Services

  • Individual

About My Clients

Being human is messy and the relationships we have with ourselves and others can often feel even messier. However, you, through your lived experiences, have a significant amount of important data about what is working for you versus what is not. Together we can use that data and determine what variables have been supportive as well as what elements may need a revised approach.

My Background and Approach

Therapeutic work with me involves a deep respect for consent – you get to choose our direction, our focus, and where we are headed. I may gently steer us down a path, but ultimately you are the captain of our journey. Our work together may look like unpacking, reframing, creating, clarifying, building, dissolving, and accepting aspects of your lived experience. Often nonlinear in nature, our work may evolve in different and even unexpected ways throughout our time together. Remember, you get to define what a meaningful life and relationships with yourself and others look like. Together, using the skills and insight we cultivate in session, we’ll put your definitions into practice.

My Values as a Therapist

I specialize in supporting clients in working more accessibly with identity, relational, and transition-based challenges. I work from an attachment-based and ACT-informed perspective and I value integrating a variety of evidence-based practices into my therapeutic approach. Centering my clinical work in supporting BIPOC, queer, trans, and gender expansive people is important to me in addition to respectfully recognizing the various intersecting identities we all inhabit. I am also passionate about working with spiritual and/or creative individuals who are seeking a therapeutic space that honors and integrates their unique skills and resources.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Attachment Theory Psychodynamic Therapy

Other Techniques

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment Theory
  • Coaching
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Family Systems
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Relationship Counseling

Issues I Treat

Specialties

Attachment LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists Relationship Issues

Other Issues

  • ADHD Therapists
  • Adoption Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Bipolar
  • Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • Learning Disorders
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Parenting
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Women's Issues

Client Focus

Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Languages
English

Qualifications

License
MA, MSW, LCSW, State of Illinois · #149.024001
Supervision
Provides supervision to apprentice therapists · currently accepting supervisees
Years in practice
8 years

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Blue Choice
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO

I offer online counseling in the following states:

I have experience with the following

  • Agnosticism
  • Atheism
  • Christianity
  • The Satanic Temple
  • Wicca/Paganism
  • Interfaith
  • Multifaith

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: 8 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $120 - 160/session

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