Teletherapy for Durham, NC

Change is hard. Life as you knew it has suddenly changed and you have no idea how to move forward. Your mind and body are adjusting to a new way of being which triggers an array of unsettled and uncomfortable feelings. The tension, lack of sleep, irritability, and low energy make it difficult to cope with the pressure. Part of you wants to give up and walk away, but there are too many people depending on you to stop now. Adjusting to this emotionally taxing shift in your life is not going smoothly and you’re beating yourself up for not handling it better. You’re at a loss for what to do and how to fit the pieces together.

Welcome to Lifeologie! Congratulations on taking a new step on your wellbeing journey. I invite you to read my profile, and I encourage you to reach out if you feel we are a good match. I believe that everyone on life’s journey experiences times of celebration, challenge, transition, and growth. We all need a safe and private space to share our story, celebrate our strengths, recognize our pain, identify goals, develop a plan for growth, and get support for change. My role, as your counselor, is to meet you where you are in life and to compassionately support your wellness journey.

You may be someone used to figuring things out on your own, but you’ve run out of ideas or want a fresh perspective. Maybe you have sought help before but were frustrated by the pace of your previous therapy. Perhaps life has thrown you a curveball, and it’s time to make some changes. Either way, you want real solutions as well as support and encouragement. My clinical judgment is tempered by real-world experience. I've raised two kids to adulthood, been married, divorced, and happily remarried. I’m an ex-Business guy. I have a Ph.D. in Psychology, I’ve run real businesses, coached top execs, and been helping people for 25+ years.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of professional experience working with individuals, children, adolescents, and families. Specialty areas include; promoting healthy relationships, parenting, managing anxiety/stress, depression, life transitions, coping and healing from trauma, and ADHD(behavior challenges).

—Accepting New Virtual Clients!— Do you find yourself falling down an uncontrollable spiral of anxiety, panic, and rumination about painful moments in your life? Perhaps you’re reliving these experiences over and over again in your mind, upsetting thoughts creeping up when you least expect them. Maybe your relationships or career have begun falling apart as a result of the fear and lack of control you’ve been feeling. You want to come up for air, but the waves keep knocking you back under, and you just don’t know how much longer you can manage this on your own. But you have found a safe harbor here.

You are not what you feel. You are not even what you think. You are what you do. Acceptance & Commitment Therapy is about taking thoughts and feelings and using them for what they're supposed to be: data. They are merely to let us know how we're responding to our environment. It is up to our higher cognitions, our rational thoughts, to decide what to do with that information. My clients range from those with neurodevelopmental issues, mood disorders, and life adjustment events. The premise is the same in all cases: understand ourselves, what we feel and think, figure out WHY we think that way, and then decide what to do with it.

Sometimes the parts of our lives that promise the most happiness also become sources of pain, disappointment or frustration. If you are having difficulty in family or peer relationships, struggling through a life transition, or feeling dissatisfied without knowing why, I am passionate about providing a warm, welcoming space where you can speak honestly and be taken seriously. We will work collaboratively to set goals for our time together and make sure you have the tools you need for continued success.

Life is about relationships. I became a therapist after decades of life experience and having good experiences with therapy. I sat on the other side of a desk when I or my family needed education and more impartial supports. Often the most difficult part is the gap between sensing the need for direction and support to actually making an appointment and showing up. I've been where you are. Sometimes, partnering with an objective professional can be the tipping point that leads you in the right direction, equipping you to manage or master areas of your life and improve your relationships. Start where you are. I'll help you get there.

Are you tired of being a human doing and not a human BEING? Are you newly single? Happy couple but the passion has fizzled? Do you desire a deeper connection with yourself and others? Do you desire a more fulfilling sex life? Are you lacking joy or pleasure in life? Do you desire to Be/Feel more confident, in your body, in life & in bed? Do you struggle with sharing your emotions without it causing an argument or feeling unheard? If you answered YES to any of these questions then definitely consider working with me! Discussing sex can be difficult, I will create a brave space for you to begin exploring your own story.

Is worry or anxiety disrupting your life? Does it feel like no matter what you try, nothing works? Are you struggling to change habits that only seem to make things worse? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you have made the right choice by being here. Maybe you've resorted to drinking, prescriptions or marijuana to feel some relief. Maybe it's time you got some help. And I know this is hard. You've likely been thinking about seeking help for months, maybe even longer. But I'm so glad you found me and have taken the courageous step of being here.

Nina Be is a Somatic Therapist and artist who offers anyone a focused transpersonal experience as a Nationally Certified Counselor, specializing in Trauma-based Counseling (MEd., NCC #87024) and Yoga Teacher (C-IAYT, E-RYT-500). As a transpersonal visionary, her MindBody Centering Yoga Therapy focuses on an individual's/ family's strengths to develop greater awareness & capacity to manifest an empowered life of purpose & happiness. You will be given a personalized daily practice to fortify your immediate potential in the body, heart & mind, to enrich your life purpose of deep inner peace of abundance.

I have a passion for working with distressed couples & families, and adults recovering from past traumas. I work from an humanistic relational approach to therapy, integrating concepts and techniques from my extensive training and supervision in various client-centered approaches, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (Certified) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (Level III). For over 20 years, I have helped adult couples, families and individuals increase respect, intimacy and trust in their romantic, familial, peer and professional relationships, and helped people heal from past traumas.

Everyone thinks you have it all together but in reality, you’re exhausted. The fear of judgment leads you to suppress your feelings but you keep a smile on your face and continue showing up for others even when you don’t want to because you don’t want to let them down or feel like a burden. Even though you push through every day, you still find yourself feeling tired, alone, and frustrated because no one understands or shows up for you when you need it most. The time for a change has been long overdue, but figuring out where to start is a challenge all in itself.

Currently accepting new clients! I provide counseling services to individuals and couples who are experiencing issues that they would like to address in therapy to discover and grow in healing and wholeness. I seek to provide a safe space to explore difficulties, identify sources or causes, and pursue insights and strategies towards solutions and healthy living.

Accepting New Clients! You give so much of yourself, yet still feel like you're falling short of expectations. That unconventional perspective of yours has fueled your creativity, but you worry that people don’t really “get” you. It doesn’t help that you have anxiety in social situations. Even your closest relationship feels increasingly tense and disconnected. These are challenging things to deal with alone. I want to help you find your way to calm, balance, and connection.

Maybe you want a space to process changes that are happening or you are struggling to figure out the next right steps to create the life you want. You want to live your life confidently, as the fullest version of yourself, but you are feeling alone or ashamed or overwhelmed. Or maybe you want to feel more connected to your partner, but you keep leaving interactions with them feeling like they just aren’t getting where you’re coming from. It's so easy to feel like you're stuck in the same patterns.

Do you experience hopelessness, feeling that your circumstances will never get better? Do you feel sad and down, longing to experience joy and happiness? Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed, longing for the day to find emotional relief? Have you experienced a traumatic life event, and feel stuck, unable to move forward in your life? Born number seven of eight children, to parents committed to helping others, I knew that I too was called as a helper. A compassionate, empathetic Licensed Professional Counselor and Christian Counselor with over 20 years' experience, my desire is to provide you with hope, healing, and restoration.