About Nina
Nina Reed brings a decade of clinical social work experience to concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family difficulties, parenting challenges, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also addresses areas such as commitment and communication problems, isolation and loneliness, self-harm, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, somatization, women's issues, and young adult concerns. Nina frames work around both practical coping skills and deeper exploration of personal meaning.
As an LCSW practicing in Illinois, she blends evidence-informed methods to match each person's needs, drawing on approaches like Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. She emphasizes collaboration, helping clients identify strengths and realistic steps toward their goals while offering empathic, nonjudgmental support.
Nina aims to create a therapeutic space where people move from surviving to thriving, tailoring interventions to the unique situation and preferences of each individual. Her practice invites a balance of skill-building and reflective work, using structured techniques when helpful and narrative exploration when meaning-making is the priority.
Sessions are designed to support emotional regulation, clearer communication, improved self-esteem, and actionable plans for change.
Approaches That Guide Online Work and Growth
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on providing empathic, nonjudgmental support so clients can explore their feelings and values and build confidence in their own insights; this approach is useful for concerns like low self-esteem, relationship issues, and grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns, teaching practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy cultivates present-moment awareness and stress reduction through simple attention practices, supporting regulation for trauma responses, anxiety, and chronic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Nina collaborates with each person to determine which combination of methods best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress and priorities evolve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats allow people to engage in both reflective conversations and skills practice from home or other convenient settings, making it easier to maintain consistency while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English