Nicole Larsen, LICSW

Hometown: Andover. MN

My practice philosophy is: comprehensive and compassionate patient care tailored to the individual patient using a biopsychosocial approach to guide patients and families through the entire left ventricular assist device and transplant experience.

What are you passionate about and why? I'm passionate about meeting people where they are at and providing resources/support to assist them with being successful with their health/well-being.

If I wasn't a provider, I would be a: baker.

What is something you have learned from your patients? Be patient, kind and accepting.

What is one of the challenges of this career you enjoy? And why? Variety of complex psychosocial issues, which can pose challenges with the success of advanced heart failure therapies. I enjoy helping patients by providing resources/support to overcome barriers.