RECOVERY COUNSELING

Nickie Nicolas has worked in the mental health, substance abuse and social work field for a combined total of twenty-three years. She started as a psychiatric technician in 1982 and was cross-trained as an alcohol and drug educator in 1986. She has worked in psychiatric facilities and drug/alcohol rehabilitation throughout the United States and in Europe. She has worked as a behavior specialist for private psychiatric facilities as well as for the Department of Mental Health. She has also worked as an admissions counselor and technician for the Betty Ford Center. She briefly worked as a Social Worker for Child Protective Services. All this professional experience, as well as years of personal experience, she combines in what she now calls “Recovery Counseling”.