Nicole is the owner of Family Table Counseling. With over 17 years in the mental health field, Dr. Vargas has worked with individuals, couples, and families with all kinds of backgrounds and experiences. Nicole believes that people have the tools they need to make changes in their own lives, and she works with her clients to discover those tools. She looks beyond routine interactions and patterns that make people "stuck" and helps clients discover strengths and new ways of relating to others. Clients have described Dr. Vargas as compassionate, progressive, non-judgmental, and as a "gentle challenger."

A large portion of Nicole's case experience is working with clients around issues of cultural and sexual diversity, marital conflict, and first responder trauma. However, she has often said that she finds every single person she has worked with fascinating and admirable, and considers it a privilege to learn each one’s story.

Dr. Vargas has taught graduate-level classes at Texas Woman's University and Nova Southeastern University, and has spoken at national and international conferences on a wide variety of topics in the mental health field. She has acted in editorial capacities for academic journals, dissertations, books and magazines, and made guest-appearances on a variety of media platforms.

As a state board-approved and AAMFT-approved supervisor, Dr. Vargas is passionate about supervising and mentoring other therapists to help them help others. Nicole is currently seeing clients and supervisees.

In her spare time, Nicole loves spending time with her family, cooking, going to the dog park, watching sci-fi/ fantasy (esp. Dr. Who), and traveling. She loves to be “quirky,” and utilizes humor (watch out for random puns) when appropriate with her clients.

TX LMFT Lic. #203290

FL LicensedTelehealth Provider