About Nina
Nina Thompkins is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on practical support for stress and anxiety. She offers straightforward guidance to help people regain footing when life feels overwhelming. Nina approaches therapy with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
With 11 years of work in the field, she helps people sort through relationship tensions, family conflict, and dips in self-esteem. She also supports people facing life transitions and challenges to motivation and confidence.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped to each person’s goals and circumstances rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Nina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors conversations to what a person needs most. She creates clear, doable steps clients can try between sessions.
Therapy time often includes talking through current problems, practicing new skills, and checking what changes are working. Her style aims to be direct and warm. Nina listens for what matters most and adjusts the pace to match each person.
She encourages small, measurable steps toward better coping and clearer choices. Starting therapy can feel like a big move, and she acknowledges that courage. Nina works with each person to build a plan they understand and feel comfortable trying.
The focus is on steady progress and practical tools that fit daily life.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Many of the evidence-based techniques Nina draws on translate well to online care. One approach focuses on practical coping skills for anxiety and stress - learning short breathing and grounding exercises, testing out new ways of thinking, and building a simple daily routine to reduce overwhelm. These steps aim to lower immediate stress and build steadier habits over time.Another common approach centers on relationship and family concerns by clarifying patterns and practicing new communication moves. Sessions can include role-play, planning small behavior changes, and reviewing what felt different after trying a new approach. These exercises help people notice what works and refine it with therapist feedback.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities and then recommend techniques to try. You and the therapist adjust the plan together as you see what fits and what helps.
Online formats offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let you keep visual connection and shared work on skills, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging allows brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. This mix helps make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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