Nina Rifkind, LCSW, ACS, Owner of Wellspring Counseling, offers solutions to your challenges, bringing a wealth of experience to find relief and peace for you or your child. You'll be gently guided beyond your comfort zone to overcome anxiety, panic and obsessive compulsive behaviors. You'll receive a thorough assessment of your situation and an action plan designed specifically for you, with the most current, cutting edge techniques to address your personal needs.
Our goal-oriented approach results in measurable improvements, with research-proven methods, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, mindfulness skills and interpersonal psychotherapy, to enhance your everyday life. Gifted at developing rapport with young people, Nina works particularly well with adolescents and young adults. Parents will receive guidance and strategies to effectively support your child in overcoming anxiety and OCD.
For adults, you will learn to be your own best coach on the road to overcoming fears and building lasting confidence.
Our goal-oriented approach results in measurable improvements, with research-proven methods, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, mindfulness skills and interpersonal psychotherapy, to enhance your everyday life. Gifted at developing rapport with young people, Nina works particularly well with adolescents and young adults. Parents will receive guidance and strategies to effectively support your child in overcoming anxiety and OCD.
For adults, you will learn to be your own best coach on the road to overcoming fears and building lasting confidence.
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While working full time for non-profit agencies, I began a part time private practice in 1997.
Shortly after, as Coordinator of the Anxiety Treatment Center at St. Clare's Behavioral Health I acquired extensive training and experience helping people regain the lives they want to live by effectively managing Anxiety Based Disorders, including Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Specific Phobias, Illness Anxiety, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children, Adolescents & Adults.
In that position, I had the opportunity to train colleagues and clinicians throughout the Hospital system, and to also educate the public about effective treatment for anxiety disorders.
Shortly after, as Coordinator of the Anxiety Treatment Center at St. Clare's Behavioral Health I acquired extensive training and experience helping people regain the lives they want to live by effectively managing Anxiety Based Disorders, including Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Specific Phobias, Illness Anxiety, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children, Adolescents & Adults.
In that position, I had the opportunity to train colleagues and clinicians throughout the Hospital system, and to also educate the public about effective treatment for anxiety disorders.
Individual therapy can take many forms.
I tailor my approach to best suit each individual.
For adolescents and adults, I focus first on providing a safe, non-judgmental environment and a thorough assessment of the issues that bring you to my office.
These initial sessions provide the foundation for our work together.
I select the primary approach and techniques based on the unique issues that you bring to therapy, as well as the goals you set for yourself or your child.
For younger children, I may utilize creative projects, games and therapeutic play to help establish a level of comfort and rapport, making them more likely to engage in challenging approaches for the treatment of anxiety or OCD.
I tailor my approach to best suit each individual.
For adolescents and adults, I focus first on providing a safe, non-judgmental environment and a thorough assessment of the issues that bring you to my office.
These initial sessions provide the foundation for our work together.
I select the primary approach and techniques based on the unique issues that you bring to therapy, as well as the goals you set for yourself or your child.
For younger children, I may utilize creative projects, games and therapeutic play to help establish a level of comfort and rapport, making them more likely to engage in challenging approaches for the treatment of anxiety or OCD.
Anxiety is an important part of our makeup as humans.
It helps us get out of harm's way, prepare for critical events, and it warns us when we need to take action to protect ourselves, or those we love.
Anxiety that is persistent, seemingly uncontrollable, and overwhelming falls into a different category.
If you or your child's anxiety is chronic and excessive, or interferes with daily activities and relationships, it may be an anxiety disorder.
Researchers are learning that anxiety disorders run in families, and have a biological component.
It helps us get out of harm's way, prepare for critical events, and it warns us when we need to take action to protect ourselves, or those we love.
Anxiety that is persistent, seemingly uncontrollable, and overwhelming falls into a different category.
If you or your child's anxiety is chronic and excessive, or interferes with daily activities and relationships, it may be an anxiety disorder.
Researchers are learning that anxiety disorders run in families, and have a biological component.
The general public may say they are depressed in a casual manner.
For those who suffer with severe clinical depression, the experience can have devastating effects on them and those close to them.
Significant changes in appetite and weight, either losing or gaining in a short period of time.
Untreated clinical depression can lead to complications such as drug or alcohol addiction, poor performance at work or in school, social isolation, diminished physical health and fractured personal relationships.
For those who suffer with severe clinical depression, the experience can have devastating effects on them and those close to them.
Significant changes in appetite and weight, either losing or gaining in a short period of time.
Untreated clinical depression can lead to complications such as drug or alcohol addiction, poor performance at work or in school, social isolation, diminished physical health and fractured personal relationships.
As a certified clinical supervisor, Nina has provided supervision in various hospital and non-profit settings throughout her career, as well as in her private practice.
She currently supervises LSWs, who are working to obtain their clinical license, as well as LCSWs, seeking to improve their skills, gain expertise in client engagement and retention, therapeutic approaches and successfully managing the most challenging cases.
In addition to supervision, Nina offers fee based consultations for others working to build a successful private practice.
She currently supervises LSWs, who are working to obtain their clinical license, as well as LCSWs, seeking to improve their skills, gain expertise in client engagement and retention, therapeutic approaches and successfully managing the most challenging cases.
In addition to supervision, Nina offers fee based consultations for others working to build a successful private practice.
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