- Years in practice
- 27
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Nancy
Nancy Solow is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 27 years of experience in Massachusetts. She focuses on parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and common stresses that come with life transitions. Nancy uses clear, practical language and a warm, interactive manner in sessions.
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered practice. She listens carefully to each person's history and current struggles. She helps people make sense of how early relationships affect parenting, intimacy, and self-worth.
Background and approach
Nancy blends cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness skills when they fit a person’s goals. That can mean breaking worries into manageable steps or practicing short grounding exercises to reduce overwhelm. She uses motivational interviewing to clarify values and support change when people feel stuck.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual's needs. Nancy aims to build on strengths and practical solutions rather than only focusing on problems. She supports people navigating blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and issues around shame, guilt, or isolation.
Her background also includes work with attachment issues, abandonment, family of origin struggles, and post-traumatic stress. She emphasizes respect and steady, compassionate listening while helping people try new approaches and set achievable goals.
What Nancy works with
Everything Nancy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nancy helps people with.
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nancy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and how early bonds shape current patterns. Online sessions allow discussion of parenting and relationship reactions in real time, helping people notice patterns and try different responses.Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building trust. That approach supports a calm, respectful conversation where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps clarify priorities and feelings.
Nancy also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to break down unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors, which adapt well to video or phone sessions where homework and simple skill practice are reviewed together.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. She will work with clients to match methods to goals, preferences and situations, and will adjust over time based on what is most helpful.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins, progress updates, or moments when typed communication feels easier. These options help people fit therapy into busy family schedules and different daily rhythms.
Questions people ask about Nancy
What concerns does she help with?
Nancy addresses parenting challenges, grief, trauma and everyday stressors. She also focuses on self-esteem, depression, relationship and family issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She practices in a warm, interactive and strengths-based way. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to the client's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of clinical experience working in Massachusetts. That background includes work with adoption, foster care and attachment-related issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an MA and is a LICSW. She is licensed and practices from Massachusetts.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with people outside the United States?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Different formats can fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To start, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
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