Marina Nelson

(she/her/hers)

MA

I believe therapy is a space where relationships can heal and self-understanding can grow—not just to ease distress, but to help you reconnect with hope, joy, and meaningful connection. In sessions, I authentically show up as calm, warm, and bring a sense of humor, aiming to create a space where clients can feel safe being their full, authentic self.

I’ve worked with clients across the lifespan, and I especially enjoy working with adolescents, young adults, and adults—whether individually or in couples and relationship therapy. I support clients navigating a range of experiences, including trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship challenges, life transitions, gender identity, and sexuality. My clinical approach is integrative and grounded in psychodynamic, emotion-focused, narrative, and somatic theories. I take a feminist, anti-oppressive, non-hierarchical approach to therapy, acknowledging the impact of both personal and systemic factors on mental health and well-being. I aim to meet you where you are—with curiosity, compassion, and a strengths-based lens.

I’m sex- and kink-positive and enjoy working with couples and relationships facing communication struggles, trust and intimacy concerns, recurring conflict, life transitions, mental health stressors, boundary challenges, and parenting or co-parenting issues. I welcome diverse relationship structures, including open relationships, polyamorous partnerships, and non-traditional families. Together, we’ll explore what brought you to therapy, identify patterns that may be causing pain or disconnection, and work toward more clarity, connection, and a stronger sense of agency in your life.