Nina Shilling, LMFT

My 17 year old granddaughter has been seeing Nina for more than a year and it is in large part thanks to her help and support that she is the healthy, happy and emotionally strong young woman she now is. My granddaughter was going through major family issues with her parents which later escalated into psychiatric issues for her father and at my suggestion she met with Nina some time ago. Nina initially met with me to get background information and then continued with weekly visits with my granddaughter. I have found Nina to been sensitive and supportive, she works well with young people (although I am sure she could be equally good with older ones if the one introductory session I had with her is any indication}, she is non-​judgmental and can understand and empathize with the pressures young people face. There isn’t once that my granddaughter hasn’t said how helpful it continues to be to speak with Nina once a week! I am certain that even when she goes away to college next year she will upon her return try to meet with her! 5+ stars is what I would give her and I am sure my granddaughter would do the same!

I worked with Nina for about 2 years while I was about 22 – 24 years old. At that time in my life I was having a lot of difficulty figuring out who I was post-​college and who I was in intimate relationships. From my first meeting with Nina I felt comfortable, welcomed and cared for. She has a sense of calm and security about her that made me feel safe. This allowed for me to be totally honest. I was able to gain a much better understanding of myself and who I wanted to be. Most of all, I gained self-​esteem to help me out of the hurting relationships I was in and allowed me to be open to healthy relationships. I attribute my happiness and esteem to the work I was able to do with Nina and since then have been living a wonderful life. I am grateful that I met her, and if I still lived nearby I would continue to see her. Along with her comfortable therapeutic guidance, Nina also offered me practice in Buddhist meditation throughout our sessions. This is a practice that I come back to whenever I feel lost or overwhelmed and it takes me back to the strength and growth I experienced in her sessions.

I had some sessions with Nina when I was going through a major personal loss and a major change at work. I wanted to talk to someone but was afraid therapy would be weird and invasive. Nina was very relaxed and gentle. She let me talk about what was bothering me and instead of picking me apart, she offered a different way of looking at things and very practical strategies for how I could deal with different situations.
Every week I went to see her I felt I made progress by implementing the things we discussed the week before – I started to feel better.
My time with Nina was really valuable, and today I still use some of the things I learned with her. I would recommend her to any friend or family member looking for a therapist.

My teenager daughter was in therapy with Nina for a few years. She came back from every session stronger and a lot more communicative and vibrant. Teen years can be very confusing and painful for kids, especially if difficult circumstances or experiences have effected them during the child to teen transition. Nina was the perfect therapist and mentor for my daughter– she’s strong, poised, playful, intuitive and beautifully warm-​hearted. With Nina, my daughter gradually emerged from a deep depression and came to a grounded sense of direction and self-​value. She held space and accompanied her through her deep issues in a way that only a truly gifted person coud do.

Zero compassion.
I didn’t show up to the first appointment because I’d spent the last 4 days dealing with a rather shocking & unexpected mental breakdown of a loved one that involved missing work for days, calling 911, driving all over creation to psychiatrists, pharmacies, etc trying to get help someone who I love dearly that was treating me like an enemy and a stranger. After explaining this to her, she gave me a brief, cold, «oh my, that must have been very difficult.» Then she reminded me that I owed her $ 60 for missing an appointment.
Now, first of all, she offers a «free» 30 minute consultation. When I mentioned this she told me that nobody stays for only 30 minutes, so she blocked a whole hour out for us. The $ 60 was for the second half hour. I didn’t ask for this. I’d never met her. She just assumed we’d want the full hour.
More importantly, what kind of «therapist» charges a missed appointment fee after hearing that a potential patient has dealt with a psychotic breakdown which involved missing almost a week of work?
Thank GOD we didn’t start therapy with this woman!