Frederick Justin Nixon
Justin Nixon completed his clinical training at Vanderbilt University and earned his Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Argosy University in Nashville in 2011. He has been providing psychotherapy services since 2010, working in a variety of mental health clinic settings before establishing Lotus Patch Counseling.
His approach is collaborative and eclectic — drawing from multiple evidence-based modalities to meet each client's unique goals. Justin is particularly passionate about incorporating mindfulness practices and transpersonal perspectives, using any philosophical or spiritual framework that serves the client's healing — including religious, secular, agnostic, or atheist worldviews.
Justin treats adolescents (16 and up) and adults. He has extensive experience working with a diverse range of clients across genders, ethnicities, ages, and cultural backgrounds. He believes that therapy works best when the client feels genuinely comfortable and safe — and works consistently to earn that.
Outside of the office, Justin is a Middle Tennessee native who has lived in Kentucky, Illinois, and California. His undergraduate background is in Music Business and he enjoys restoring cars. He is married with two children. He volunteers with Alzheimer's patients and is an advocate for organ donation as a kidney transplant recipient. His favorite quote is "Do or do not. There is no try." — Yoda.
Clinician Position — Available
Lotus Patch Counseling is actively growing. We are looking for licensed clinicians who share a commitment to evidence-based practice, authentic therapeutic relationships, and reducing suffering in the people they serve.
Inquire About Joining → admin@LotusPatch.orgOur clinical philosophy
Every clinician at Lotus Patch Counseling shares a foundational belief: that the therapeutic relationship is not just a vehicle for delivering technique — it is itself a primary mechanism of change. Research consistently shows that the quality of the therapeutic alliance predicts outcomes more reliably than any specific modality.
We practice from an eclectic, evidence-based framework. This means the modality serves the client, not the other way around. DBT for someone struggling with emotional dysregulation. ACT for someone who needs to reconnect with their values. Person-centered work as the constant ground beneath all of it.
We hold space for the full range of human experience — across cultures, identities, philosophical frameworks, and belief systems. There is no judgment here about who you are or where you've been. Only a commitment to helping you find a way forward.