Claire Nana, LMFT

Claire Nana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with fifteen years of experience as a psychotherapist and life coach. She works with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, addiction and substance use, body image and eating issues, relationship and family challenges, and questions about life purpose and transitions. Her clinical focus also includes anger, stress and anxiety, grief and depression, ADHD, and a variety of attachment and blended-family dynamics. She has supported people recovering from large-scale traumatic events, including survivors of school shootings.

Claire has presented at international conferences and authored twenty-nine continuing education courses for other therapists, reflecting a long-standing interest in improving how psychotherapy is practiced. That work springs from a commitment to finding new, practical ways clinicians can support meaningful change for the people they serve.

Her therapeutic stance emphasizes respect for each client and a belief that the resources for improved wellbeing often live within the person. She describes her approach as existential in nature - helping clients clarify what matters most and take steps toward a more satisfying, values-driven life - while integrating other methods suited to the presenting concerns. She aims to empower clients and honor their choices as they work toward recovery and growth.

Outside of clinical work, Claire enjoys ultrarunning, training three rescue horses in dressage, and completing a long-awaited manuscript. She welcomes the opportunity to work with new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Claire draws on client-centered, existential, and trauma-focused methods to tailor online therapy to each person's needs. Client-centered therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental stance in which the therapist supports the client's own goals and pace - this approach often helps with self-esteem, life transitions, and relationship concerns. Existential therapy focuses on meaning, values, and choice, inviting clients to clarify what matters most and take purposeful steps forward when facing questions about life purpose, loss, or major change. Trauma-focused therapy attends directly to the effects of traumatic experiences and offers strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning for those recovering from abuse, violence, or other overwhelming events.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Claire collaborates with clients to identify which methods feel most helpful given their history, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time to reflect progress and changing needs. Licensed professionals often combine techniques to fit each person rather than following a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access ongoing support from a licensed therapist without rearranging day-to-day life, which can help people stay consistent with care and make steady progress.