About

Nicole Freeman, LMFT • LPCC

Hi, I’m Nicole! When not building rapport with clients, honing my clinical skills, or formulating treatment plans, I enjoy spending time with my husband and two daughters. I adore my 120-pound cane corso, Wolfgang, my French bulldog, Jean Redcorn, and my cat Mordecai Goldman. I am a voracious reader and cannot decide if I love the forest or the desert more.

I am an integrative, depth-oriented therapist whose work sits at the intersection of insight and action.

My clinical foundation is rooted in Depth Psychology and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I integrate Jungian and psychodynamic traditions, existential exploration, trauma-informed work, somatic awareness, and behavioral change strategies in a way that is responsive to each client’s needs in the moment.

Alongside my private practice, I teach graduate-level psychotherapy and counseling courses as an adjunct professor at Antioch University in Santa Barbara. This academic role reflects my commitment to clinical rigor, depth, and the ongoing development of the field.

Why Strawberry Fields?

The name Strawberry Fields Psychotherapy is personal.

I grew up in Ventura, California, where strawberry fields were part of the landscape of my childhood. The name is an homage to the place that shaped me—its fields, coastline, contradictions, and quiet beauty.

It also carries a second meaning: a subtle nod to expanded consciousness, psychedelic exploration, and the possibility of seeing the self and the world differently.

For me, Strawberry Fields evokes both rootedness and transformation. It is earthy and imaginal, familiar and strange—a fitting name for the kind of psychotherapy I believe in: grounded, deep, and open to what has not yet been discovered.

I help insightful, high-functioning clients move from understanding their patterns to creating real change. Together, we identify what maintains emotional and relational cycles and shift them. Integrating DBT (8 yrs), depth work (11 yrs), EMDRIA-certified EMDR, and polyvagal-informed care. I draw from Jungian, existential, somatic, and dialectical approaches, integrating them in a way that is responsive to each client. My foundation in Depth Psychology and DBT allows for both deep exploration and meaningful change—where insight is not just explored, but transformed.

my deeply personal treatment approach

Treatment Focus

If you’ve developed insight but remain caught in familiar patterns, this work may be a fit. Therapy here is active, direct, and focused on meaningful change. We examine what maintains your patterns—and what it will take to shift them. Some cycles are not managed, but stepped out of—no longer feeding the Ouroboros.

Patient Promise

If you’ve developed insight but remain stuck in familiar patterns, this work may be a fit. Therapy here is active, direct, and focused on meaningful change. We examine what maintains your patterns—and what it will take to shift them. Some are not managed, but dismantled and given a Viking’s funeral. Reach out if you’re ready.

Licensure

  • Registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #118822

  • Registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor #13268

Certifications

  • EMDR certification through EMDR Professional Training.

  • Fluence Postgraduate Certificate in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (PC-KAP)

Rates & Logistics

Psychotherapy fee: $200 — 50 minute session

24-hour cancellation at no charge.

Full fee is charged for no shows and cancellations w/in 24 hours.

Payment — Services can be paid through credit card, Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal.

Insurance is not accepted at this time. A “super-bill” can be provided upon request which can be submitted to your PPO insurance provider.

For Those Who Are Ready

This work is well-suited for individuals who are:

Insightful, reflective, and psychologically minded. High-functioning but internally struggling. Open to being challenged, not just supported. Ready to examine both internal experience and relational patterns. Motivated for change, even when it is uncomfortable

Many of my clients have had prior therapy and are looking for something more direct, integrative, and transformative.