Nicole Winters

Nicole is known for her warm, engaging style and her ability to create safe, inclusive spaces where individuals and relationships can thrive. She believes therapy works best when you feel comfortable enough to be yourself. With backgrounds in both Social Work and Clinical Psychology, she brings a warm, practical, and integrative approach to her work with individuals, couples, and polyamorous people.

Clients come to Nicole for many reasons, from anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship difficulties and life changes to questions about identity, sexuality and intimacy. She offers assessments for a variety of needs, including neuropsychological assessment. She also has particular expertise in gender-affirming care, trauma-informed treatment, polyamorous and non-traditional relationships, kink, and sex- and sex-worker-positive therapy. Her approach is respectful, collaborative, and grounded in understanding each person within the broader context of their life and relationships.

Nicole draws from multiple evidence-based approaches to ensure therapy is tailored to each client’s specific needs, goals, and circumstances. In addition to her clinical work, Nicole leads Geneva Wellbeing’s internship programme in Wellington, supporting the development of future mental health professionals. She offers consultancy services to a number of private and government organisations and is available to travel in order to conduct assessments across New Zealand.