About Nazeer
Dr. Nazeer Zerka II is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and relationship and intimacy concerns. He offers individual therapy and wellness coaching and blends practical skills with straightforward conversation.
He writes and talks about mental health as part of his public work and brings a warm, direct style to sessions. Dr. Zerka draws on nine years of clinical experience in Indiana.
How Nazeer works
He uses familiar, down-to-earth language to explain what happens in therapy. Sessions might include learning new coping skills, practicing mindfulness, and trying small behavior changes that fit daily life. His approach is collaborative and problem-focused.
He relies on Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation. People who meet with him can expect a mix of conversation, practical exercises, and coaching-style guidance.
He aims to make therapy feel useful and sometimes even a little fun. He also discusses career and life transitions when that is important to a client. Outside clinical work he stays active with basketball, weightlifting, yoga, and reading.
He shares ideas about mental health publicly through podcasts and other media. Dr. Zerka brings life experience, clinical training, and a pragmatic focus to each session.
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What Nazeer works with
The areas below are the ones Nazeer selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Approaches used in online therapy and what they do
Dr. Zerka commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person’s priorities and creating a respectful, listening space to talk through concerns. It helps people feel understood and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and teaches specific strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related habits.He also brings Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills into sessions when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive behaviors, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Together these approaches give both support and hands-on tools to try between sessions, and the therapist will work collaboratively to pick what fits best for each person.
Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week - video is useful for longer sessions and exercises, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat and text work well for short check-ins or reflective messaging. The flexibility helps people keep momentum and use the kinds of contact that suit their daily lives.
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