Her Story
About Nicole
Nicole Rothschild is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Los Angeles, California. She owns Likeminded Therapy, a private practice she opened about a year ago that serves clients in both New York and California. After beginning her career in finance, including roles at Goldman Sachs in investment banking and private equity as well as positions in real estate impact investing and another private equity fund, she pursued a career change. She earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her master's from USC, then became a therapist four years ago. Her practice focuses on helping high-achieving individuals and couples in high-pressure environments, drawing from her own experiences. She spent a year working at Beit Teshuvah, a Jewish addiction treatment center in Los Angeles, during her graduate program and remains connected to the organization. Nicole attributes her success to trusting herself and moving through fear, values challenge, fun, joy, the outdoors, adventure, and expansion, and advises following passions rather than money.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Nicole
01What do you attribute your success to?
Trusting myself and moving through fear, moving with fear, moving through it.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Follow your passions, not the money.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
The road may be long, but it's incredibly rewarding, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel. There's a lot of school that you have to get through, and then internships where you're not paid very well. But there's absolutely a light at the end of the tunnel, and you can make a good financial career out of being a therapist, even though a lot of people don't think that you can.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
We're in a particularly uncertain place in the world right now. There's so much uncertainty, and the majority of clients and people in the field are really wrestling with how to deal with all that uncertainty.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I value challenge, fun, joy, the outdoors, adventure, and expansion. Fun is so important in our lives and an underrepresented value. The outdoors is healing beyond any kind of healing that I could offer as a therapist.
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