About Nina
Nina Kaplan Hansson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, relationship strain, and trauma. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what feels most urgent for each person. Nina aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for someone who is nervous or unsure.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk about upsetting thoughts and memories. Conversations focus on practical steps to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Nina encourages small, steady changes rather than expecting quick fixes. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood disorders, trauma, and relationship struggles. She pays attention to how early family experiences and attachment patterns show up now.
Nina also supports people navigating adoption or foster care issues, blended family stress, caregiver burden, and struggles around identity and body image. With 14 years of experience as an LCSW in California, she uses clear language and collaborative planning. Sessions are paced to match each person’s tolerance for change and emotional intensity.
Nina helps clients set realistic goals and track progress over time. People can use a mix of tools in sessions, including talk therapy, problem-solving, and coping skills aimed at sleep, mood swings, and anxiety management. The focus is on practical relief and building habits that fit into daily life.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy
Many of the most helpful therapeutic techniques are straightforward to use in online sessions. Cognitive-focused methods work by identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and depression. These techniques help with worry, low mood, and stress by teaching practical tools to change day-to-day reactions.Trauma-informed approaches focus on creating a calm pace and sense of safety while addressing painful memories and reactions. Work in this area often includes grounding exercises, learning to notice body and emotion cues, and building skills to tolerate distress without becoming overwhelmed. These methods support people coping with trauma, abuse, and attachment-related concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they adjust techniques and pace so sessions feel useful and manageable rather than rushed or confusing.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people maintain eye contact and use visual tools during sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a voice-only conversation. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins and the ability to reflect in writing between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and access care from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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