Nia Nanton

Biography

Nia Nanton is a Licensed Social Worker and a 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher with 10 years of combined experience in mental & behavioral health (inpatient & outpatient); primary & higher education; foster & adoptive settings working with individuals from childhood through adulthood. She has transferable skills to support individuals across a wide range of settings in her work with youth & families, as well as groups and communities, in providing a variety of services including case management; behavioral, clinical, and social work assessments; social work and psychotherapeutic counseling; planning and program development; post-secondary advising; community organization; and person-centered advocacy.

Nia is a dedicated and continuously evolving mental health professional with a passion for various therapeutic modalities and a commitment to ongoing learning and growth. She also holds certifications in the Nurtured Heart Approach, and she is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200). Additionally, Nia is currently finalizing her certification in TF-CBT. Her work is guided by a diverse range of therapeutic approaches, with a particular focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment-Based Therapy. These modalities empower her to help individuals address and manage their thought patterns and behaviors effectively; promote self-awareness and emotional regulation; create healthier, more secure emotional bonds; and address the impact of early relationships on one’s psychological well-being.

She is constantly striving to identify & address the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual influences that impact individual well-being holistically; whilst educating, empowering, and encouraging alignment in individuals. She has a strong passion for working with teens, young adults, and families engaging in attachment-based, strengths-based, mind-body, mindfulness, solution-focused, trauma-informed care. Nia is looking to build on and incorporate her niches and passions for horticulture, music, spirituality, and mind-body principles into her practice as a holistic and integrative social worker and therapist. She values living a present, purposeful, and abundant life; for myself and others. Additionally, she is looking to elevate her work with the perinatal population as this is such a special population and life experience near and dear to her heart as a mother herself. Nia is a firm believer in starting where you are, with what you have; surrendering; negative emotions and thoughts residing in the body and equating to disease thus tending to mind-body work and healing; and operating from abundance rather than lack thereof.

Her “favorite” client would be one who is willing to seek the support and guidance of mental health therapeutic services; willing to apply their learned skills; willing to start wherever they are, with whatever they have; and willing to advocate for their needs, wants and dislikes.