About Kerre
Kerre Nitz helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and self-esteem concerns. She works with people facing relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and trauma and abuse. Kerre is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and she practices from Michigan.
Kerre draws on several evidence-informed approaches in her work. She focuses on building a trusting therapeutic connection and offers a warm, nonjudgmental space.
How Kerre works
Sessions aim to identify strengths and practical skills the client can use day to day. Her background includes work in inpatient settings, hospital crisis services, school counseling, and outpatient individual therapy. That variety has shaped a flexible way of working with different concerns and life stages.
Kerre uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, attachment-based approaches, and client-centered work. She blends these methods to match what a person needs instead of following a single rigid model. Clients can expect conversations that emphasize real skills for managing emotions, clearer communication, and steps toward goals.
Kerre often highlights practical strategies for coping with change, setting boundaries, and improving day-to-day functioning.
Kerre lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Kerre works with
The areas below are the ones Kerre selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Kerre’s Approaches Translate Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing thinking patterns and behaviors that maintain distress, which often helps with stress, mood, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help with intimacy and communication difficulties. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kerre works with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts sessions over time so the plan stays relevant as progress is made. Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and have longer, deeper sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, arranging next steps, and maintaining momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work on skills consistently.Start online instead of waiting
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