Kerre Nitz

Kerre Nitz is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and self-esteem challenges. She supports those dealing with trauma, addiction, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD. Kerre also works with concerns around intimacy, parenting stress, career changes, anger, and compassion fatigue. She is based in Michigan and brings eight years of experience in helping roles. Kerre builds counseling on a strong working relationship. She focuses on trust, unconditional positive regard, and a calm space where people can talk through hard things. Her style is practical and strengths-focused - she points out existing skills and helps people use them in everyday life. Sessions typically include talking, learning coping skills, and trying out new ways to respond to old problems. She trained at Regent University, earning a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Certificate in Trauma Studies, and she also holds a Master of Divinity. Kerre’s background includes inpatient work, school counseling, hospital crisis work, and outpatient individual therapy. That variety shapes how she tailors supports to each person’s situation. Kerre draws from several therapy approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, attachment-based ideas, acceptance and commitment tools, client-centered work, and dialectical behavior techniques. She blends these to meet practical goals like better mood regulation, clearer communication, and more effective coping. Her approach emphasizes collaboration. She helps people set realistic goals and practices skills that fit daily life. This work aims to make stressors more manageable and build toward clearer purpose and stronger functioning.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts rather than fight them, and then focus on values-based actions. It can help with anxiety, depression, and difficulty making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns, useful for mood, anxiety, and behavior concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns formed early in life and helps people understand and reshape how they relate to others, which can help with intimacy and trust issues. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kerre explores goals with each person and tries methods that match their needs and preferences. She collaborates on a plan and adjusts techniques as progress is made. Because the therapist’s session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm the available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins from different locations. It can also let a person use less demanding communication modes when needed, such as shorter conversations or audio-only contact if that suits the moment. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and coping strategies to work well in remote sessions, focusing on skills that transfer into daily routines.