About Nina
Nina Mantelman is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Nina listens for what matters most and helps clients find clearer next steps for everyday struggles.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She encourages self-compassion and helps people face guilt, shame, and anger without feeling overwhelmed. Sessions often focus on practical skills and small experiments clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Nina uses approaches that emphasize values, connection, and communication. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters and take steps toward it. Attachment-based ideas guide work on patterns in close relationships and how to build safer emotional connections.
She also uses elements of the Gottman Method when relationship communication is a concern, focusing on concrete ways to improve listening and reduce conflict. Nina pays attention to cultural background and life roles, including caregiver stress and military-related concerns, when those issues matter to the person sitting in front of her.
Nina has three years of clinical experience as an LMHC in New York and offers services in English and Russian. She accepts international clients and works through video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. The first sessions typically involve setting goals and deciding which strategies to try together.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what they value and take small steps toward those values even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes because it focuses on action linked to what matters. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how those patterns shape current reactions; it can help people improve trust, emotional connection, and responses to conflict. The Gottman Method offers practical tools for communication and conflict management, with exercises that improve listening and reduce repeated negative cycles. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nina will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in about what is or isn’t working and adjusts the plan together. Online therapy makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls let people keep visual contact similar to in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short, frequent check-ins or notes between sessions and can help keep momentum when life gets hectic. These formats increase flexibility and make regular work on goals more practical.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Russian