Nicole Schumacher, APCC
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor
Redwood City CA
Our work may take many different forms depending on you, me, what we're working on, your intentions, and all of the little things that can change on any given day. One day this could look like climbing a tree together during an eco-therapy session, unpacking childhood memories while coloring, using different techniques to dive into your dreams, philosophically discussing your place in this vast universe, or simply noticing what it feels like to be witnessed. It could look like a deep breath in the sun or tuning into the inner child part of you who wants so desperately to be heard. It can be sobbing, it can be laughing, it can be sitting back to back on the floor. It can also look like exploring altered states of consciousness through Ketamine Assisted Therapy or preparation/integration around any psychedelic work you may be doing on your own.
This work can often feel very vulnerable and raw, which is why I also believe you should know you are sitting across from another human who will work to build a relationship of trust with you. I endeavor to be a person who consistently shows up with and for you, even in hard moments. Shining the light on your shadows is hard and painful work, but it can also be interesting, exciting, and joyful. It would be a profound honor to walk alongside you for whatever arises on this part of your journey.
As an eclectic and integrative therapist, I strive to bring together a diverse range of therapeutic tools in order to create an approach that meets you where you are. I tend to work most often with people who experience complex trauma and neurodivergence and/or who want to focus on identity work, sex/life/death/everything in between, ancestral healing, plant/psychedelic medicine, and integrative healing practices. I also leave room in my practice for those who don’t fit into the previous categories but feel the call to work together. Mainly, I love working with folx who are curious and ready to dive in. Let's grieve, deepen, and play together.
I am a queer, neurodivergent, cis/femme, latina/white identifying clinician. Feel free to ask me anything around my identity and positionality- I am actively committed to the path of decolonizing therapy.
I offer sliding scale telehealth talk therapy and in-person eco-therapy in the Bay Area.
I offer preparation and integration sessions for people who are exploring altered states of consciousness on their own.
I also offer Ketamine Assisted Therapy in Burlingame, CA or virtually for those who qualify. I partner with Shannon Dwyer, NP at Blue Juniper Wellness as a prescriber but am also open to working with certain folx who have their own prescriber and are interested in more support around the process.