Currently based in Lantzville BC, Nicolle is grateful to live, work and create on the unceded, ancestral territory of the Snaw’naw’as Mustimuxw people.
A registered therapeutic counselor RTCc and addiction counselor CAC II, Nicolle is a certified Cultivating Safe Spaces facilitator (Naqsmist Storytellers, Elaine Alec).
A life learner who grounds her work in a strength based, trauma-informed approach as well in creative expression, having a long professional career in arts & entertainment industry (theatre/film/tv) as an actor, playwright, dramaturge and intimacy director. She is skilled in facilitating creative self-care practices that encourage healing and increase interpersonal and professional development. She is part of the Journal Council with the International Association of Journal Writing and her Creative Journaling program, The Promises of Recovery (CACCF approved) has been used in addiction and mental health treatment facilities in Canada and the US.
She is also a maternal mental health advocate, author of the book, Just the Two of Us, A Soft Place for Tender Hearts to land and featured author in the following books, You are Not Alone, An Anthology of perinatal mental health stories from conception to postpartum (Wintertickle Press), Transformational Journaling for Coaches & Clients: The Complete Guide to the Benefits of Personal Writing (Routledge Press) and The Great Book of Journaling (Mango Publishing).
For more info on her work in the world- www.nicollenattrass.com
