The Benefits of Therapy

Some of the things that I help clients with include:

Overcoming Anxiety - feeling uneasy, nervous, fearful, or panicky and sometimes not even knowing why. Click here to learn how I will work with you to help you overcome anxiety.
Alleviating Depression - feeling that you’re stuck, that your life won’t get better no matter what you do; having a long list of complaints about your life. Click here to learn how I will work with you to alleviate depression.
Overcoming Childhood Trauma - if your childhood was sad, scary, difficult or traumatic. Click here to see how I will guide you to overcome childhood trauma.
Improving relationship problems - when it seems like you’re doing all the work in the relationship, that the loving connection is weakening, or that you’re in a downward spiral with each other. Click here to learn how I can work to help you with relationship problems.
Reducing frequent or chronic stress - the experience that you can’t get off the treadmill, can’t slow down or relax, feeling that you can’t find the “off” switch inside you. Click here to learn about how I will work with you to manage stress.
Increasing self esteem - the general sense that you’re not good enough; you don’t measure up to your own expectations, or to other people, that you’re missing something that others have. Click here to learn how we can work together to overcome low self-esteem.
Easing emotional pain from having difficult parents - from abusive, neglectful, critical or overbearing parenting.. Click here to learn how I can help you deal with your emotional pain.
Developing your own unique spiritual path - getting guidance from a long-time spiritual practitioner to bring deeper meaning, satisfaction, wisdom (and fun!) into your life. Click here to learn how I will work with you to find your spiritual path.
Life Transitions (young adults, divorce, Empty Nest, menopause and grief) - facing the challenges and opportunities that come with beginning your own life as an adult; dealing with the emotional and financial upheaval of divorce; negotiating the emotional, spiritual and physical changes that come with menopause; moving through grief over the death or departure of a loved one. Click here to learn how I will work with you to handle life transitions.
Gay/Lesbian issues - wanting a sympathetic ear for issues that arise around the opinions of friends, colleagues, parents, children and your own or your partner’s concerns; wanting to create a stable relationship in the midst of forces that seem to work against that. Click here to learn how I may be able to help you deal with gay and lesbian issues.
Teen Therapy - whether you are a teen or a parent, adolescence can be a challenge. You might be anxious or depressed about friends, school, your body, or your future. You may be worried that your son or daughter is down, impulsive, lonely, or alienated. Both of you can turn these challenges into opportunities for growing and finding out about yourself. Click here to find out more about teen therapy.
Rewriting your life story to make it what you want - when you are tired of your life not being what you want it to be, find out how you can rewrite the story of what your life has been, and create a realistic and happy future. Click here to learn how narrative therapy, art therapy, memoir writing and dramatic play can make this happen.
Other issues - if you do not find your particular area of interest here, please do not hesitate to call. It is likely that I can be of help to you, or can refer you to someone else who works with your concerns.

To see if therapy is right for you, feel free to contact me for a free 30-minute consultation at my office, or by phone. You can reach me at (510)540-0813, at ninashilling@msn.com, or by clicking here.

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About Nina

Nina Shilling provides warm, nurturing therapy to individuals and couples. She welcomes spiritual inquiry and is LGBT friendly. Her office is near the Downtown Berkeley Bart station and all major freeways.