Nina Lupo, LMFT

Nina Lupo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Washington with 25 years of clinical experience working with adults, couples, families, adolescents, and children. She has held roles across nonprofit organizations, private practice, and educational settings, serving as a counselor, therapist, case manager, advocate, consultant, and supervisor. Her current work focuses on supporting adults, families, and young adults as they navigate life's changes, heal from trauma, and strengthen relationships.

Nina earned her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Washington, where she participated in Dr. John Gottman's marital therapy research. She completed graduate studies in clinical psychology at Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy. This training informs her experience with relationship work, family dynamics, and attachment concerns.

She is known for a direct yet compassionate approach that blends client-centered perspectives with practical tools. Nina draws on methods that include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused interventions, the Gottman Method, and motivational interviewing to address issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and workplace or career difficulties. Therapy with her is collaborative - she helps clients access their strengths, develop skills, and create meaningful change whether they seek short-term support or longer-term work.

Nina is fluent in English and brings a warm, thoughtful presence to her clinical work, offering guidance for people coping with life transitions, relational conflict, mood disorders, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and questions of identity and sexuality.