Nina Powell, LCSW

Nina Powell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 31 years of experience based in Florida. She works with people facing grief, stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, anger, depression, and life changes. Sessions address practical problems as well as the feelings that come with loss, illness, and major transitions.

Her background includes an advanced certification in hospice and palliative care and a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling. Much of her career has focused on adults, children, and families affected by cancer, and she has worked with survivors of domestic violence and people living with disabilities. This work has included counseling caregivers, supporting body image and control issues, and addressing compassion fatigue.

Nina uses conversational, person-focused methods in sessions. She draws on client-centered ideas to listen first and follow the client’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used when helpful to identify unhelpful thinking and try different behavior experiments.

She also uses emotionally-focused and narrative approaches to help people name and organize strong feelings and life stories. Psychodynamic ideas are used when past patterns are showing up in current relationships or reactions. Sessions tend to be practical, with attention to immediate coping and longer-term meaning.

People come to her for support with grief after unexpected loss, end-of-life planning conversations, chronic illness coping, and career or caregiving stress. She helps people talk through anger, control issues, and guilt so they can make clearer choices about next steps.

How her approaches translate to online sessions