Nicole Bossak, LPCA, NCC
Nicole Bossak is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, as well as a Professional School Counselor with more than 15 years of experience working with school age children and adolescents. Nicole holds a Master’s Degree in Licensed Professional Counseling and School Counseling from Long Island University in New York, a second Master’s Degree in School Administration from the Citadel in Charleston, SC, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from C.W. Post, Long Island University.
Nicole believes in a well-rounded approach to therapy, empowering individuals and helping to better equip them with strategies to build positive change. As a counselor, she has experience in working with children and their families to navigate through behavioral challenges, anxiety, depression, social skills, divorce, military transition, emotional regulation, building mindset and coping skills. Nicole is an Autism Certified Professional who is trained in providing social, emotional, behavioral and educational support to individuals with autism. She is also a certified youth yoga and mindfulness instructor, which has bolstered her belief in a balanced approach to mental health. Through her experience with youth and adolescents, she has found passion in working with individuals to set and achieve goals while building self-esteem and confidence to overcome adversities they are facing.
Nicole uses approaches rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, positive mindset, movement and play based modalities.
On a personal note, Nicole is originally from Long Island, NY, and has lived in Beaufort for more than a decade. In her free time, she enjoys adventuring with her husband and two children, running, practicing yoga, boating, and the outdoors.
“be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire” - J. Lee.
Contact
Address:
110 Traders Cross
Bluffton, SC 29909
Email:
nbossak@behavioralwellnessgroup.com
Phone:
(843) 278-0008
Fax:
440.565.2349
Articles
Teens and Opioids
We hear about it frequently. It’s on the evening news, online, and we hear it in conversation. America has an opioid crisis and we’ve had one for decades. It’s nothing new really and perhaps we are even desensitized to it, but opioids and overdoses remain an issue for both adults and teens. Youth drug deaths have quadrupled over the last 20 years mainly involving fentanyl which has grown 6x since 2016 (songforcharlie.org). Over 10 million pills containing fentanyl have been…
Self Care During Pregnancy
Becoming pregnant is a time of many mixed emotions that can range from excitement to anxiety. During the 10 months of time leading up to your child being born, it can be helpful to create a routine to take care of yourself and your growing baby bump. Below are some tips that can help you to feel as prepared as you can leading up to your child being born: It can be helpful during your pregnancy journey to set up…
“Be curious, not judgmental”
This is a line I most recently heard in the great show, “Ted Lasso“. It occurred when a bet was made with Ted assuming that he was a novice at shooting darts without asking to see if he had played before. Of course, he had been playing for years and ultimately won the bet. It reminded me of the significance of finding out why people do what they do, and why they have become who they became. It is a…
Social Media Addiction
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All or Nothing Thinking and Various Other Popular Cognitive Distortions
I was trying to think of a blog subject to write about this time for my blog. As I contemplated this, I noticed almost everyone in my Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Intensive Outpatient Group (IOP) was talking about their struggle to be perfect, or how they feel like failures if things are not exactly as they think they should be. I was hearing phrases like: All or nothing thinking, often called black and white thinking, can go hand in hand…