About Kerre
Kerre Nitz is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports individuals facing addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and ADHD. Kerre practices from Michigan and offers online options for people who need flexible ways to meet.
Her style is direct and warm. She focuses on building trust and a dependable working relationship. That starts with listening, naming strengths, and setting small, realistic goals together.
Background and approach
Kerre draws on several practical approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try new habits, and practice coping skills between meetings. She has eight years in the helping professions across inpatient, school, hospital crisis, and outpatient settings.
That range gives experience with a wide variety of life stressors and mental health challenges. People who work with her can expect straightforward feedback, skill-building, and a focus on what matters most to them. Her aim is to help clients move past barriers and make choices that match their values and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kerre commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change patterns and focus on values. Cognitive behavioral therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and offers clear steps to try new behaviors and reduce distress. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match what matters most to them.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationships affect current patterns of closeness and trust. That work can help people improve communication, manage fear of rejection, or build steadier relationships with others. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative - the therapist and client try methods, see what fits, and adjust based on goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to use these approaches. Video calls let therapists watch expressions and do more interactive work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, skill prompts, and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it possible to schedule around work, caregiving, or travel while continuing focused treatment.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English