YOUR STORY MATTERS

I see you and the life you want to create. Using a compassionate, personalized approach, I guide individuals 16+ through deep work that uncovers clarity, insight, and breakthrough moments. Together, we turn understanding into action and create lasting, meaningful change.
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Healing Through Understanding, Insight, and Action

You don’t need surface-level coping — you need clarity. If you’re here, something in your life isn’t working the way you want it to. Maybe anxiety keeps looping. Maybe relationships feel repetitive. Maybe you’re high-functioning on the outside but internally exhausted. Or maybe you’ve done therapy before and left feeling heard… but not changed. I work differently. I use Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Narrative Therapy to help you understand not just what you’re feeling — but why. Through a person-centered approach, you guide the direction of our work, and I help you make sense of the patterns that surface. I listen for the parts of you that are protecting, striving, avoiding, or carrying old wounds. Together, we identify what’s running the system and gently shift it. My clients often tell me they feel both deeply understood and meaningfully challenged in our sessions. I am warm and grounded — but I will not collude with the beliefs or behaviors that keep you stuck. I believe real change happens when we get to the root, not just the symptom. At Divine Stories Counseling, I work with individuals 16 and older who are ready for depth. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, long-standing relational patterns, life transitions, or unresolved pain from the past, we’ll move beyond insight into integration. You’ll leave sessions not just with understanding, but with practical tools to regulate your nervous system, challenge distorted thoughts, and relate to yourself with greater compassion and clarity. Healing is not about becoming someone new. It’s about unburdening what no longer fits — and expanding into who you already are underneath the noise. If you’re ready for therapy that is thoughtful, engaged, and transformative — not passive — I would be honored to work with you.
Nina Acosta, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Founder of Divine Stories Therapeutic Services

Services

  • Trauma
  • Stress
  • Child or Adolescent
  • College Mental Health
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Anger Management
  • Women's Issues
  • Spirituality and Religion
  • Relationship Issues
  • Peer Relationships
  • Life Transitions
  • Family Conflict
  • School Issues
  • Divorce
  • Custody Issues
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Grief
  • Compassion Fatigue

Approaches

  • Person-Centered
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Narrative
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Social Work
  • Strength-Based
  • Christian Counseling
  • Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors

Insurance Accepted

  • Out of Network
  • Out of Pocket
  • Sliding Scale based on life circumstance

Testimonials

“Nina is very empathetic, considerate, and always insightful. She has really helped me identify and work through my areas of growth and healing. I highly recommend working with Nina to make progress on your journey!”

Current Client

“Nina has been great listening to my situation providing a perspective or kernel that sparks my thinking and has a lot of things fall into place. ”

Client Graduate

“Nina has been the most helpful person to walk me through this entirely new journey. her curiosity, passion and support is undeniable. I can't believe how seamless and motivating my experience of "unlearning" deep rooted patterns and retraining thoughts. ”

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