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Elena Nichols, LICSW

Elena Nichols, LICSW
Social Worker
Specialties
Clinical Social Work
General information
Gender: Female
Language: Interpreter Services Available, English, Russian
UVM Health

About Me

My goal as a therapist is to create a safe, trusting space in which patients can express their feelings, reflect on their experiences and create an effective course of action to heal from pain and trauma to find inner peace.

I have been helping people in both one-on-one and group settings since 2012. My primary focus is helping people going through transitions and dealing with grief, generational trauma, emotional regulation challenges and depression and anxiety. I work with individuals from many cultural backgrounds and have led groups centered on therapeutic gaming, women's empowerment, grief and Radically Open DBT.

My research interests include grief counseling, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT, trauma-informed approach and developmental disabilities.

My goal as a therapist is to create a safe, trusting space.

Elena Nichols, LICSW

My Locations

Insurance Accepted

Please see below for all insurers contracted with the University of Vermont Health Network. Inclusion in this list does not guarantee participation of your specific insurance plan or coverage of your planned service. Please contact your insurer to determine your benefit coverage.

Psychiatry - 1 South Prospect Street, University of Vermont Medical Center
  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield NH
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) / CBA (includes Dental)
  • Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP)
  • Capital District Physicians' Healthcare Network (CDPHN)
  • CHAMPVA
  • Cigna / Great West (includes Dental)
  • Cigna LifeSource
  • Coventry Health Care/First Health
  • Delta Dental
  • EBPA
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (HMO only)
  • Evernorth (formerly Cigna Behavioral Health)
  • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Fidelis (New York Quality Healthcare Corporation) (excludes Essential Plan and Exchange products)
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (excludes NH Health Benefit Exchange, Medicare Advantage, and Managed Medicaid)
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid (VT and NY)* (VT Medicaid includes Dental)
  • Medicare*
  • MVP
  • Optum Rx
  • POMCO (must include POMCO Select Logo)
  • St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (Medicare)
  • The Vermont Health Plan (TVHP)
  • TriCare Humana Military (excludes Humana Behavioral Health)
  • TriCare Martin's Point Health Care (excludes Behavioral Health)
  • United HealthCare – The Empire Plan
  • United HealthCare (excludes United Behavioral Health)
  • Vermont Blue Advantage
  • Veteran's Administration Community Care Network (VA CCN) (United HealthCare)
  • Workers' Comp (VT and NY)
  • Zelis/Stratose

*Medicare — Not every provider type is eligible to enroll with Government Payers. Please consult your provider’s office prior to visit for confirmation.

Experience

Education & Training
Master of Social Work University of Lapland - Social Work
844-UVM-HEALTH

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130 Fisher Road
Berlin, VT 05602

802-371-4100

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75 Beekman Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Elizabethtown, NY 12932

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133 Park Street
Malone, NY 12953

518-483-3000

Porter Medical Center

115 Porter Drive
Middlebury, VT 05753

802-388-4701

Home Health & Hospice

1110 Prim Road
Colchester, VT 05446

802-658-1900

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