Claire Nana

Claire Nana is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, relationship strain, self-esteem struggles, and questions about life purpose. She also supports people coping with grief, stress, anger, ADHD, and body image concerns. Claire draws on 15 years of clinical experience to guide conversations toward practical change.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person’s priorities and values. Psychodynamic ideas help uncover patterns that keep people stuck. An existential lens helps clients name what matters and make purposeful choices.

Claire has worked with survivors of large-scale traumatic events and with many clients dealing with addiction and eating-related issues. She has written continuing education materials for other clinicians and has presented at international conferences, which informs her clinical perspective. She aims to bring useful, evidence-informed ideas into sessions without jargon.

Sessions focus on clear goals and steady progress. Claire mixes deep listening with practical exercises and coaching-style planning. She encourages clients to try steps between appointments and reflects on what does and doesn’t work.

Outside of clinical work she ultraruns, rides and trains rescue horses in dressage, and is finishing a long-delayed manuscript. She describes therapy as collaborative and respectful, with the client’s values guiding the work.

How her approaches inform online therapy

Claire combines client-centered work with trauma-focused and psychodynamic ideas to guide sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says, helping clients feel heard and move toward their own goals. Trauma-focused therapy addresses the ways past harm affects daily life and provides specific strategies to reduce its ongoing impact. Psychodynamic work looks for patterns in relationships and behavior that repeat over time and helps bring those patterns into view so they can change.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Claire will work together with each client to choose which methods fit best for their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. That planning is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, and keep check-ins brief when needed. They also let people use different ways of working than in person, such as talking through coping steps, doing reflective exercises between sessions, and checking progress more often without a long commute.