LinkedInNicole Goard is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and compassionate mental health clinician focused on helping clients build positive coping skills, healthy relationships, and freedom from trauma. As a therapist with Virtue Recovery Arizona, she facilitates treatment groups and individual counseling addressing substance use, co-occurring disorders, emotional regulation, and relapse prevention, drawing on CBT, DBT, Seeking Safety, SMART Recovery, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness. She earned her Master of Social Work from Grand Canyon University and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Arizona State University.
