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Dr. Ingrid Nembhard

Dr. Ingrid Nembhard

LCSW-C, LCSW

Florida

Compassionate, goal-focused therapy for life transitions

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At a glance

Credentials
LCSW-C, LCSW
License
LCSW, Florida / SW16127; LCSW-C, Maryland / 33024; LCSW, Virginia / 0904020223
Experience
20 years
Languages
English
Location
Florida

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    • Relationship support
    • Grief and loss
    • Practical goal work

    About Ingrid

    Dr. Ingrid Nembhard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, family conflict, grief, career shifts, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps that help clients move forward when life feels stuck. Her style is warm and straightforward, aiming to make the first steps easier for people who are nervous about starting therapy.

    Dr. Nembhard uses approaches that center the client's experience and goals. She draws on Motivational Interviewing to support change, Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client's lead, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Those methods are woven into brief, solution-focused work meant to target clear goals.

    She has worked with people facing adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, and immigration-related worries. She also helps with communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin issues, and financial stress that affects daily life. Coaching around life purpose and self-love is part of her practice as well.

    Dr. Nembhard trained in social work and holds a PsyD in Grief Counseling. She brings direct experience supporting people through bereavement and major life transitions. Her approach emphasizes building a trusting connection and setting small, achievable steps toward change.

    People who choose her can expect a collaborative, goal-focused process that balances listening with practical strategies. She aims to help clients notice early progress and to adapt the plan as needs evolve.

  2. How her approaches translate to online work

    Motivational Interviewing focuses on the client's own reasons for change and uses conversational techniques to build motivation. It can help with goals like career shifts, stopping unhelpful patterns, or making decisions during major life changes.

    Client-Centered Therapy places the client's experience at the center and prioritizes empathy and acceptance. This approach is useful when someone needs a space to talk through family conflict, grief, or identity and self-worth concerns.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers tools to shift patterns causing distress. CBT can be helpful for low mood, anxiety around life transitions, and practical problem solving.

    Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques and adjusting them as progress is made.

    If you prefer online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking so they match your needs. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time for appointments.

  4. Areas of expertise

    Primary focus

    Relationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

    Also works with

    GriefCoachingCompassion fatigue

    Additional focus areas

    Adoption and foster careBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessImmigration issuesLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsSelf-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

    Therapeutic approaches

    Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

    Experience

    20+ years

    Listed in

    Florida, Maryland, Virginia

    Languages

    English

  5. Frequently asked questions

    What concerns does she address?

    She works with relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, career decisions, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.

    What is her therapeutic style like?

    Her style is warm and straightforward, combining listening with practical, solution-focused steps to help clients reach clear goals.

    How much experience does she have?

    She has twenty years of clinical experience working with people on relationship concerns, grief, family problems, and life transitions.

    What credentials and location are listed?

    She holds LCSW-C and LCSW credentials and practices from Florida.

    Which languages are available for sessions?

    Sessions are offered in English.

    Can international clients work with her?

    She is not accepting international clients at this time.

    How are sessions priced?

    Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

    How do I begin working with this therapist?

    Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

  6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

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