About Nina

I think a lot about how we develop, how we adapt, and how to grow through understanding who we really are.

I’ve spent many years learning about development and adaptation, not in order to fit your experience into a box, but to build the tools to understand your own unique experience. For this purpose, I’ve studied how our minds develop. I’ve studied how babies and young children adapt to their caregivers over time and develop patterns of relating.  This is important because we all learn how to survive in particular ways. We struggle when we apply our survival patterns in ways that are no longer helpful.

In therapy, we grow through learning our own truth. We question the basic assumptions we have about ourselves. Developing second opinions about yourself gives you the flexibility and freedom to make different choices. We default to repeating earlier patterns on autopilot unless we consciously question our basic assumptions.

People may fear knowing their inner truth for different reasons. Ultimately people wish to avoid pain. Unfortunately this avoidance creates its own form of pain. Most of the time, the only way “out” of psychic pain is through it. And I’m prepared to walk with this path with you every step of the way. My goal is to build the trust and safety necessary to help address whatever you need to think about.

My training in psychoanalytic work provides me with the tools to understand the heart of your difficulties and help you go beyond the surface.