Meet the Counselors
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New clients must complete their TherapyAppointment client portal before their first visit with their counselor. This also applies for all new clients scheduling telecounseling appointments.
To complete your TherapyAppointment portal:
Choose a counselor below and click "Book an Appointment." (If you would like guidance on choosing a counselor, please contact us).
Once you are on the counselor’s TherapyAppointment page, click the button to register as a new client.
Please follow the prompts to register.
Within your client portal, you must complete all of the documents under “My Docs & Forms”, input a credit card, upload a photo ID, and submit your insurance information. (You should be prompted to input your credit card, insurance info, and photo ID, but please check under “My Profile” to see if everything is in the system.) This should take 10-15 minutes.
Once everything in Step 4 is completed, you will be contacted by your counselor to set up your appointment.
Allison Constant, LCSW
Allison Constant is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Board Approved Clinical Supervisor (BACS) with over 10 years of experience as a social worker. She earned a Master’s in Social Work from Boston College and has been working as a school social worker supporting and advocating for students, teachers, and families. Allison has had a strong focus on working with children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as those struggling with fertility, pregnancy loss, and post-partum. She has experience supporting clients with coping skills, emotional regulation, social skills, anxiety, depression, and navigating life transitions. As learned through her practical experience, Allison believes in creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can feel comfortable expressing their thoughts and feelings. Furthermore, she approaches counseling from a collaborative, strength-based mindset in order for clients to see incremental progress and to achieve their goals with positive, healthy outcomes.
Click here to book an appointment with Allison Constant, LCSW
Gabriella DeMatteo, PLPC
Gabriella graduated with a master’s in clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Holy Cross. As a New Orleans native, Gabriella earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Sociology from Louisiana State University. She is dedicated to supporting clients through their life journey by providing a nonjudgmental space to process thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Gabriella takes a person-centered approach, viewing the therapeutic relationship as collaborative and focusing on creating a safe space for clients to talk and process. She utilizes various theories and methods tailored to each client's unique needs, as she believes that counseling is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. With experience working with individuals from various ages and backgrounds, Gabriella helps clients navigate challenges across the lifespan. Her expertise includes assisting clients through life transitions, relationship issues, anxiety, grief, and depression. By developing coping strategies, fostering self-understanding, and appreciating clients’ strengths, Gabriella aims to empower individuals to achieve personal growth and well-being.
Click here to book an appointment with Gabriella DeMatteo, PLPC
Hallee Nichols, PLPC
Hallee earned her master’s degree in clinical Mental Health Counseling from Southeastern Louisiana University. Her clinical experience includes working with individuals navigating identity exploration, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, life transitions, addiction, self-esteem, relational distress, and trauma. In addition to individual therapy, Hallee also works with couples seeking to improve communication, deepen emotional connection, and strengthen their relationship. Hallee strives to cultivate a safe, collaborative space where judgment is replaced with curiosity, creativity, and compassion—allowing room for resilience and growth to take root. She draws from evidence-based approaches tailored to each client’s needs including Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy to reframe personal stories and uncover strengths and meaning, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to process and heal from trauma and distressing life experiences.
Nicole Sanders, PLPC
Nicole Dwyer Sanders holds a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Loyola University New Orleans. She offers regulation, coping, and trauma modalities and believes there is power in the ability to regulate one’s nervous system. Previously working with addiction, trauma, relational problems, and anxiety, she has utilized a wholistic approach that encompasses exploring family genograms, relational connections, and societal systems. She actively attempts to navigate any cultural barriers and stigma associated with mental health, especially with historically marginalized populations. She utilizes Family Systems, Polyvagal, mindfulness approaches and will begin EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
She views supports and relationships as important, with self-acceptance as being an ultimate goal. Nicole acknowledges that while growth can take time, space, and discomfort, and is a non-linear path, it can also encompass strength, resilience, joy, and humor. Her main focus is to create a welcoming and collaborative space, honor your lived experience, help with feeling your emotions (mind and body), and experience growth through exploration.