Nina Reed, LCSW - Therapist in Illinois

About Nina

Nina Reed is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She mentions parenting and family among her focus areas and supports clients navigating parenting challenges and family-related strain. Nina centers practical steps and simple tools in sessions, aiming to help people manage emotions and make steady change.

Nina uses a straightforward, flexible style. She listens first, then works with each person to pick approaches that fit their situation.

Background and approach

Sessions often include skill-building for stress and anxiety, clearer communication strategies, and ways to manage difficult moods. She draws on familiar, evidence-based methods rather than rigid rules. Her clinical tools include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and narrative ideas.

These are used to help people reframe unhelpful thinking, notice patterns, and try small experiments that change daily life. Motivational interviewing also appears in her practice to support goals and behavior change. Nina emphasizes strengths and practical supports.

She aims to create a compassionate, steady space where people can sort problems and test solutions. Her goal is to help clients move beyond coping toward clearer choices about work, relationships, parenting, and self-care. She practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English.

Nina describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients’ priorities guide each step.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people clarify priorities, feel heard, and set the pace for work on parenting, relationships, or emotional struggles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions use concrete exercises and short home practices to reduce anxiety, shift unhelpful thinking, and build healthier routines.

Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention exercises and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. These practices are easy to try during video or phone sessions and can be adapted to daily life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will check in about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist work together to pick strategies that feel useful and realistic.

Online therapy with Nina is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and practice skills between meetings. The variety of formats lets clients choose what feels most comfortable for discussing parenting questions, mood concerns, or relationship issues.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Nina work with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, bipolar mood issues, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as self-esteem, intimacy issues, anger, career stress, and ADHD.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens first, then helps clients choose tools and small experiments to address specific problems.

What experience does she bring?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds the Illinois LCSW license, IL LCSW 149022085, and practices in Illinois.

Which languages are services offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are costs and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How does someone begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 10 years
Licensed: Illinois
Languages: English

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