Nina Niemetta, LMSW

Nina Niemetta is a licensed social worker in Michigan with 14 years of practice. She works with adults on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges. Her tone is straightforward and supportive, aiming to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward.

Nina uses methods that focus on practical change and personal strengths. Sessions center on problem-solving, building skills, and exploring what matters most to each person. She emphasizes collaboration and keeps goals realistic and measurable.

Her work often blends cognitive behavioral approaches with client-centered listening. That means she helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors while offering acceptance and empathy. Mindfulness and motivational techniques are also part of her toolkit when they fit a person’s needs.

Nina has supported people through family issues, relationship difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also helps people dealing with ADHD symptoms, bipolar mood concerns, caregiver strain, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Practical coping skills and steady problem-solving are common focus areas in her sessions.

She earned a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University and holds the Licensed Master Social Worker credential, LMSW. Her background includes work with parents and adults facing behavioral or mood challenges. Nina aims to help people find balance in body, mind, and daily life.

How practical therapy approaches work online

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing mood symptoms by teaching specific coping skills and step-by-step exercises.

Client-centered therapy focuses on acceptance and understanding. The therapist listens carefully and reflects what matters to a person, helping them feel heard and then supporting their own choices for change.

Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and grounding skills to reduce reactivity and build present-moment awareness. It can help with stress, rumination, and impulse management by training simple everyday practices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is good for full conversations and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.