Nina Reed , LCSW

Nina Reed is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She focuses on women's issues among a broad range of concerns, including parenting, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, and career strain. Nina works with clients to untangle immediate problems and build skills for lasting change.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She uses techniques from client-centered therapy to listen first, then blends cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with anxiety and grounding. Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy support people who want to clarify values and rewrite difficult life stories.

Nina aims to create a calm, encouraging space where people can name what feels hard and try small experiments to feel better. She often guides short skills practice between sessions and checks in on progress. That makes therapy feel more like steady problem-solving than a long list of tasks.

She has worked across many stages of life and with a wide range of concerns for about a decade. Nina draws on that experience to help people who feel stuck after trauma, those coping with mood shifts such as bipolar symptoms, and people navigating parenting or career pressures.

Sessions are offered from Illinois in English, using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Nina supports clients who want focused, collaborative work on clear goals and everyday coping strategies.

Online approaches that fit your life

Nina often uses client-centered therapy to build a trusting conversation where the client's priorities lead the work. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to the person, and helping them set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is another core method she uses; it helps identify and change thought patterns and behaviors that increase anxiety, depression, or stress.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Nina discusses options with each person and adjusts methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try strategies and monitor what helps, moving toward approaches that feel most useful for day-to-day life.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for a full face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can fit a lunch break or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short coaching, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, or school commitments.