About Nanette
Nanette Tangkeko is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with nine years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. Nanette aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supported.
She creates a welcoming space where clients can name difficult feelings and talk through painful experiences. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at practical shifts that fit everyday life.
How Nanette works
Nanette pays attention to how early relationships and attachment patterns shape current struggles, and she looks at how those patterns show up now. Her work blends practical tools with exploration of deeper themes. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Mindfulness strategies help people slow down, notice what matters, and respond rather than react. Nanette also draws on psychodynamic ideas to trace roots of recurring patterns, and she is comfortable addressing trauma when it comes up in session. She supports people coping with caregiving stress, codependency, communication problems, and questions about life purpose.
People who reach out often want a balance of clear steps and gentle reflection. Nanette helps set realistic goals and checks progress along the way. Her approach is collaborative, practical, and grounded in respect for each persons pace and values.
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What Nanette works with
The areas below are the ones Nanette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online care
Nanette uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and building self-esteem by focusing on concrete steps and skills.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Mindfulness helps with overwhelm, grief, and compassion fatigue by training the mind to notice thoughts and sensations without being swept away.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasnt worked before, then test methods that match those needs. Over time they adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video allows a fuller conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep work focused on practical changes as well as understanding deeper patterns.
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