About Nina
Nina Kaplan Hansson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety and stress. She also supports those coping with depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and the aftereffects of abuse. Nina focuses on making the first step feel doable and straightforward for people seeking change.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult thoughts and feelings. Sessions center on practical strategies to reduce distress, improve sleep, and manage mood swings.
Background and approach
Conversations are simple and focused on what the person needs right now. Nina brings 14 years of professional experience in clinical settings. That background includes work with people facing relationship strain, communication struggles, and complex family history issues such as abandonment or adoption-related concerns.
She has also assisted clients dealing with substance challenges and caregiver stress. In sessions she pays attention to how attachment and family of origin shape current problems. She helps people notice patterns tied to control, commitment, or feelings of emptiness.
The goal is to build clearer choices and steadier routines that lower daily anxiety. People can expect direct, empathic guidance and practical tools to use between meetings. Nina works in English and is licensed in California.
She accepts international clients and uses formats that fit busy lives, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Many clients benefit from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and teaching coping skills. One common approach emphasizes behavioral techniques - learning clear steps to manage anxiety, improve sleep, and reduce avoidance. These strategies are practical and aimed at lowering daily stress. Another helpful approach involves working with attachment patterns and family of origin issues to understand recurring relationship problems and control or commitment struggles. This work helps people see how past experiences shape current reactions and supports new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together you will try methods that match your needs and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people balancing busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions and maintain momentum with brief updates or exercises. These options make it simpler to keep consistent work on anxiety, mood, and relationship concerns without major travel or schedule disruption.
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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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