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Brie Nikora, LLMSW

They/Them/Theirs

Accepting New Clients for Teletherapy

Accepted Insurances

  • Aetna commercial

  • Ambetter

  • BCBS

  • CHAMPS (BCC and McLaren Medicaid)

  • Cigna

  • Straight Medicaid

  • Meridian

  • Molina Marketplace

  • Medicaid

  • Priority Commercial

  • Medicaid

  • Private Pay

Bio

   Brie (they/them) is a Black, multiracial, multicultural, queer, and neurospicy practitioner dedicated to the belief that individual healing is a pathway to collective liberation. Their work is rooted in decolonizing healing through a justice-oriented framework, and they are passionate about walking alongside folx with marginalized identities as they navigate transformation, heal from interpersonal and systemic trauma, and cultivate skills for resistance.


   Brie holds an LLMSW and brings over ten years of experience in individual and community care. Their approach is informed by the Black, Brown, Femme, and Queer radicals who have paved the way for them to live authentically and fully. They feel honored to have found their purpose in accompanying folx in their return home to themselves.


   Outside of their work, you are most likely to find Brie cuddling and yapping with their loved ones & pup Bodhi; roaming around in nature; reading BIPOC & Queer literature; dabbling in the arts; dancing or roller skating; and, always; subverting systems of oppression. They love the ocean, deep belly laughs, gardening, philosophical convos, being weird, finding joy, and embracing the lifelong process of learning and unlearning.

Modalities

Specialties

  • Trauma Focused CBT

  • DBT

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Strengths-based approach

  • Internal Family Systems

  • ERP

  • Acceptance & Commitment Theory

  • Psychodynamic Theory

  • Relational & Systemic Psychotherapy

  • Somatic Experiencing

  • Emotional Labeling

  • Neural rewiring

  • Mindfulness

  • Attachment Theory

  • Psychoeducation

  • Creative Expression

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Ancestral Healing Practices

  • Collaborative Approach

  • Couples

  • Emotionally Focused Technique

  • Gottman Method

  • Solution Focused Technique

  • Trauma & Stress: interpersonal, religion related, and systemic

  • Mood & Emotions: anxiety, depression, self-esteem & self-worth, burnout, relating

  • Identity: QPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+, BIPOC, neurodiverse

  • Life Transitions: employment, educational, relational, grief

  • Relationships & Family: couples, polyam/non-monogamy, families

Professional Background & Education

  • Bachelors in Social Work from the University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • Masters in Social Work from Eastern Michigan University

  • 10+ years of experience supporting Individuals, Groups, Communities

  • Nonprofit work: folks facing housing insecurity, survivors of DV/SA/ST, youth and adults with mental health diagnoses, sexual/reproductive health & socio-political advocacy, land stewardship & Indigenous sovereignty

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