Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM

We may not be able to go back to make a new beginning - and we CAN go forward and make a new ending.

Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM's style

Why Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM chose to be in the helping profession

I firmly believe that life's most difficult challenges - intense and explosive emotions, impulsive behaviors, trauma, emotional eating, suicidality, self-harm, substance abuse - can be handled and surmounted through compassionate support and attainable goals.

I am a Linehan Board certified DBT therapist, a skill-based therapy designed to help those living with overwhelming emotions and harmful behavior patterns. In my years of practice, I have seen my clients master the tools of Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance and Interpersonal Effectiveness to build happy and productive lives, with increased self-respect and positive relationships. I know there is hope and relief for everyone.

Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM's approach

In a sentence: My approach is to provide therapy that works to help you reach your goals as effectively and quickly as possible.

I offer a full scope of comprehensive DBT and Trauma services. During in-person sessions, we work together in identifying triggers and core issues while also developing the skills to reach your goals. Between-session phone coaching can give you immediate guidance and support in your real-world environment.

For trauma work, I use a trauma-informed approach as well as evidence-based trauma treatments: EMDR, DBT-PE, DBT-PTSD, and TF-CBT. I believe in using therapies that are proven to work - and I also believe in providing these effective therapies in a way that is also tailored to you and your individual needs.

What you can expect from sessions with Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM

After getting to know you, our focus will be on how to best help you achieve your goals. We will choose goals that help you develop a life that you find meaningful, positive, and accomplishing, as well as goals to help stop the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions which get in the way. While our focus will be on the present (and future), we will also deal with the past when it affects your present. To accomplish this, we will set goals and then focus on developing skills to achieve them in a steady, effective way by focusing on a few at a time, until all are reached. Each week, we will discuss how you were able to move towards your goal, how to manage what got in the way (which is both the "deeper" work as well as practical skills), and how to move forward again during the upcoming week. Trauma work is part of this goal-focused approach, and we will choose which of the therapies best suits you and your goals.

Most clients are able to accomplish this work within six months to a year; some take shorter and some may take a bit longer.

Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM's experience working with the Jewish community

I have worked with the Lakewood community, Litvish and Chassidish, Ashkenazi and Sefardi and I work as a school social worker part time in Deal. I have also worked with all types of Jewish communities, as well as people who are no longer Orthodox and those who have made changes from the Orthodox community they grew up in but are still Orthodox.

Nina Kaweblum, DSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, MA, EdM's Book Recommendation Zone

• DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets by Marsha Linehan
  The main DBT skills handout
• Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma by Jenina Fisher
  To help you understand how trauma develops, plays out, and is healed
• Flourish by Martin Seligman
  To give guidance for building a meaningful, positive, and accomplishing life

Approaches

• Couples Counseling
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• EMDR
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Prolonged Exposure Therapy
• Supervision Services

Concerns

• Anxiety
• Bereavement & Grief
• Depression
• Divorce/Separation
• Eating disorders & disordered eating
• Emotion regulation
• Mood Disorders
• Parenting
• Personality issues & disorders
• Relationships
• Self-Harm/Suicidality
• Trauma

13 years in practice

Licenses

• Social Worker by State of New Jersey 2008. License number 44SC05616000

Degrees

• LCSW in Social Work by Wurzweiler School of Social Work 1999
• MA in Psychology by New York University ,1992
• Doctor of Social Welfare (DSW) by Wurzweiler School of Social Work 2025

Certificates

• Certified DBT Clinician by Linehan Board of Certification 2016
• Clinical Social Work Supervisor by NASW-NJ 2017
• Certified School Social Worker by Department of Education 2013

Average costs per session

$260 - $275

Payment Methods

• Cash
• Check
• Credit Card
• ACH Bank Transfer