About Nina
Nina Escobar-Petersen helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, or big life changes. She is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience and practices in Missouri. Nina focuses on clear, practical steps people can use between sessions.
Nina uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. She listens for patterns that keep someone stuck - like attachment wounds, codependency, or low self-esteem - and then helps build new ways of coping.
How Nina works
Sessions often include skills practice and goal-setting so progress feels tangible. People come to Nina with a range of concerns including depression, grief, parenting strain, workplace stress, ADHD, and questions around gender or sexual identity. She also addresses complex issues such as dissociation, abandonment fears, and co-occurring mood conditions.
Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and strengthen daily functioning. Nina blends several methods to meet people where they are. She draws on attachment-informed ideas to repair relational patterns, client-centered listening to center each person's goals, and CBT or DBT skills when symptom management is needed.
For trauma that remains stuck, she can use EMDR techniques as part of recovery work. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Nina frames therapy as collaborative work and supports people who want both short-term coaching and longer therapeutic exploration.
Nina lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Nina works with
The areas below are the ones Nina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How Nina’s approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can identify recurring trust or closeness themes and practice new ways of relating in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and experiences; the therapist mirrors understanding and helps clients find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be practiced between online sessions.Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Nina reviews goals and preferences with each person and uses that collaboration to choose which methods to try first. Treatment can shift over time so approaches match changing needs and what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing, send updates between sessions, and fit support into busy days. These options make it straightforward to maintain steady contact and keep therapeutic work moving forward.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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