Nan Riekert
Support for family stress and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed in
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Nan
Nan Riekert is a licensed clinical social worker with 39 years of experience based in Kentucky. She focuses on family concerns and parenting, and also supports people facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and problems with anger. Nan aims to make the first step into therapy feel doable for those who are worried or unsure.
Her approach is straightforward and warm. She creates a space where people can speak openly about what matters to them without fear of judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical ways to handle conflict, manage strong feelings, and find clearer paths through grief and difficult memories. Nan uses well-established, evidence-based techniques tailored to each person’s situation. She listens for what is working and what is not, then helps set small, achievable goals.
The work often includes learning new responses to stress and trying different ways to talk with family members. Therapy with Nan moves at a pace the client chooses. She partners with people to build skills for everyday life, not just to talk about problems.
Parents often leave sessions with specific ideas they can try at home. Her long experience in social work informs a calm, steady style. People who value direct support and practical steps tend to find this approach helpful.
Nan welcomes those ready to explore changes and to try new ways of coping.
Evidence-based approaches for online family and parenting support
Nan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One common approach helps people learn new ways to respond to strong emotions and anger by practicing calmer reactions and communication skills. This method is useful when family arguments or intense feelings get in the way of everyday life.Another approach centers on processing grief and the effects of trauma by working step-by-step through difficult memories and the meaning attached to them. This helps reduce the hold painful experiences have on daily functioning and supports better coping in parenting and family roles.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest techniques that make sense for the situation. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy family lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations from home, phone sessions provide an easy alternative, and live chat or text messaging can fit into short windows of time. These options help people maintain continuity of care and fit therapy into their schedules without long commutes.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also works with
- Anger management
- Parenting issues
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
Next step
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