Nina Lupo, LMFT

Nina Lupo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship pain, grief, and life changes. She brings 25 years of experience and a calm, direct style to sessions. Her approach is collaborative and practical, aimed at finding real steps that fit a person's life.

She works with adults and young adults to untangle relationship patterns, attachment concerns, and family-of-origin problems. She also supports people facing trauma, parenting strain, workplace stress, and questions about identity and sexuality. Nina uses clear tools to help with mood disorders, panic, and low self-esteem.

Nina trained at the University of Washington for undergraduate studies and completed graduate work at Pepperdine University in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy. Her background includes nonprofit work, private practice, education, case management, advocacy, consulting, and supervision.

In sessions she is direct, compassionate, and practical. She leans on client-centered conversations while mixing solution-focused and skills-based work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Gottman ideas inform how she helps couples and individuals notice patterns and try new ways of relating.

Therapy with Nina is a team effort. She aims to help people access strengths they already have, learn techniques to manage symptoms, and practice changes that improve daily life. She offers a mix of short-term tools and longer-term exploration depending on each person's goals.

How Nina Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new behaviors. It can help with anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and repetitive negative thinking by giving concrete tools to change day-to-day reactions.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name their emotional responses and how those responses shape relationships. This approach can be useful for improving communication, repairing attachment wounds, and deepening intimacy. The Gottman Method offers practical exercises and communication skills aimed at reducing conflict and rebuilding connection in partnerships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try out techniques, and adjust methods based on what works. Clients often mix approaches - using CBT tools for symptom relief while exploring emotions and relationship patterns in other sessions.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video lets people practice communication and notice nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to schedule during a workday. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing practice between sessions.