Therapist Profile

• Nicole Jalazo LCSW

Nicole is a Virginia State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Nicole received her Master’s of Social Work from The Smith College School of Social Work in Northampton, Massachusetts. Nicole worked in North Carolina and New York before beginning practice in Northern Virginia. Nicole provides treatment to children and families, adolescents and adults managing issues of depression, anxiety, adjustment, trauma and loss. Nicole has specialized training in play and expressive therapies and is currently working towards becoming a Registered Play Therapist (RPT).

Counseling Experience

Nicole’s counseling experience includes agency and private practice work providing outpatient therapy to adults, children, adolescents and their families. Nicole has experience providing individual, group and family therapy to treat issues of trauma, depression, anxiety, anger, adjustment and loss. Nicole has worked as a trauma therapist utilizing play and expressive therapies to work with children whose lives are interfaced with issues of sexual abuse, family violence, loss and bereavement. She has facilitated parenting support, psycho-education and process groups, groups for sexually abused children and adolescents and non-offending caregiver support groups.

Education

1. Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA. Master’s of Social Work.
2. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Bachelor of Arts, Psychology.

Professional Organizations

1. National Association of Social Workers
2. The Greater Washington Society of Clinical Social Workers

Research

1. Jalazo, Nicole (2003). "Women in Consecutive Relationships: An Exploration of the Father-Daughter Relationship and Its Contribution to Women’s Patterns in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships." Smith College School for Social Work.

Publications

1. Jalazo, N. (2004). "I Don't Have a Father," Smith College Studies in Social Work. Vol. 74(4), 595-605.
2. Gil, E and Jalazo, N. (2009). "An Illustration of Science and Practice: Strengthening the Whole Through Its Parts." In A. Drews, Blending Play Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Evidence Based and Other Effective Treatments and Techniques (Chapter 3). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.