About Me
Nikole Layton, Licensed Therapist
I’m Nikole.
I thrive in 1:1 situations but sometimes I get a little lost in the crowd. If you’re familiar to Lompoc, you might spot me with my purple yeti mug, sipping on an iced oatmilk latte walking, leaving a local business, looking for pretty flowers.
My idea of a perfect Sunday is getting up early to lay around leisurely reading in bed, cuddling with my dogs. I enjoy cooking breakfast with fresh eggs from my chickens and heading outside with an iced coffee for a day of gardening.
I’ve had a front seat to how traditional mental health care and the socialization of women is hurting women and their loved ones. I get frustrated learning about the ways my clients have been shut down or disempowered by our modern healthcare system.
I was fortunate to enter the mental health field when I did, because we can actually use data and evidence to make sure therapy is effective. Rather than just let someone talk themselves into a tizzy each week, hoping they’ll just “get over it.”
I’ve had my own issues with anxiety, people pleasing, and shutting down. I have worked with my own healers and therapists to tend to my own invisible wounds. I’m not perfect and I’m striving to just be myself.
My Professional Experience
I became a licensed therapist in September 2021.
I am an LCSW in the state of California.
I earned my Master’s from the School of Social Work at USC in May 2018.
I started my career in mental health in 2014.
I am trained in EMDR and I have taken additional trainings in treating trauma related dissociation.
I started a private practice, Visible Healing, in June 2022 to provide premium trauma therapy to the Lompoc community.