Nina Marikian
Are past traumas, poor communication, or sexual challenges creating distance between you and the life you want to lead? Whether you’re struggling to connect with your partner, process old wounds, rebuild trust, or explore intimacy, Nina is here to help.
She is a compassionate associate therapist specializing in helping individuals and couples navigate a wide range of emotional and sexual challenges. With a focus on attachment-based relational approaches, sex therapy, and trauma-informed care, she provides a safe and supportive space where you can create meaningful, lasting change in your life and relationships.
Meet Nina Marikian
Are past traumas, poor communication, or sexual challenges creating distance between you and the life you want to lead? Whether you’re struggling to connect with your partner, process old wounds, rebuild trust, or explore intimacy, Nina is here to help.
She is a compassionate associate therapist specializing in helping individuals and couples navigate a wide range of emotional and sexual challenges. With a focus on attachment-based relational approaches, sex therapy, and trauma-informed care, she provides a safe and supportive space where you can create meaningful, lasting change in your life and relationships.
Develop Secure Attachment
You don’t have to be defined by your past. You can develop secure attachment no matter what you’ve experienced in life. It takes work, but it is possible. Through the use of emotionally focused therapy, Nina will help you foster secure attachment by challenging patterns of insecurity, increasing emotional attunement, and deepening intimacy.
Through practical tools and guided conversations, you and your partner can learn to more comfortably navigate conflicts, reduce anxiety, and foster a sense of safety and connection. Whether you’re dealing with anxious or avoidant attachment styles, Nina will help you build the secure, loving relationship you both deserve.
Multicultural Sex Therapy
Navigating sexual concerns within cultural contexts can be particularly challenging. Nina specializes in working with individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds, including Asian, Hispanic, and Armenian communities. She recognizes the unique cultural stigmas surrounding mental health and sexuality, providing a supportive, nonjudgmental space to address these issues.
Nina helps clients break down cultural barriers to seeking help and works to reduce the shame associated with mental health care. Together, you’ll work toward healthier relationships, improved intimacy, and greater self-understanding, all while honoring your cultural values.
Heal from Infidelity and Betrayal Trauma
The pain of infidelity or betrayal is devastating, leaving you questioning trust, intimacy, and the future of your relationship. Nina provides compassionate, structured support for individuals and couples navigating betrayal trauma. Her approach helps you process intense emotions, rebuild trust, and create a path toward healing.
Whether you’re looking to repair the relationship or seek closure, Nina guides you through the complexities of recovery, offering tools to manage difficult conversations and emotional triggers while restoring a sense of safety.
Gaining Confidence and Clarity After a Breakup
Feeling stuck or uncertain can be overwhelming, especially after a relationship ends. Nina offers supportive therapy to help you navigate these emotional challenges, providing space to process your feelings, grieve, and gain insights into the patterns that contributed to the breakup.
Nina empowers you to build confidence and clarity as you work through self-doubt, anxiety, and life transitions. Together, you’ll develop personalized strategies to overcome barriers, rebuild self-esteem, and set goals that align with your values. With her compassionate guidance, you’ll find clarity and renewal, ready to embrace the life you want to create.
Supporting the LGBTQIA+ Community in Sex and Relationship Issues
Discover a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore issues such as sexual orientation, gender identity, and relationship dynamics, whether you’re in a monogamous relationship or a non-traditional partnership. Nina specializes in addressing concerns around intimacy, desire, sexual expression, and the emotional impacts of discrimination or stigma.
Nina is dedicated to providing affirming, inclusive care for individuals and couples in the LGBTQIA+ community. She understands the unique challenges faced in navigating sex, relationships, and identity in a society that may not always offer full acceptance or understanding.
Nina Marikian is an associate marriage and family therapist (AMFT 147716) who is supervised by Lauren Consul, a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT 87205).
Nina’s Specialities At-A-Glance:
- SEX THERAPY. Navigate sexual challenges, intimacy issues, and desire discrepancies with confidence, and explore your authentic self without shame.
- MULTICULTURAL THERAPY. Address the cultural stigmas around mental health, relationships, and sexuality, and work through the unique challenges faced by Asian, Hispanic, and Armenian communities.
- RELATIONSHIP THERAPY. Develop secure attachment, enhance communication, and rebuild trust, creating deeper emotional connections in your relationships.
- INFIDELITY RECOVERY. Find support as you heal from the pain of infidelity and betrayal, restoring trust and intimacy.
- HEALING AFTER A BREAKUP. Process the end of a relationship, rebuild your confidence, and move forward with clarity and resilience.
- CONFIDENCE AND CLARITY. Overcome self-doubt, gain emotional clarity, and make intentional choices that align with your values and future goals.
- LGBTQIA+ SUPPORT. Explore your sexual identity and relationships in a nonjudgmental space, addressing unique challenges and finding greater self-acceptance and connection.
- THERAPY IN ARMENIAN. Nina provides therapy in Armenian, offering support that is culturally sensitive and language-specific, helping clients feel more understood and connected.
Frequently Asked Questions
Confidentiality is the bedrock of the relationship between a client and therapist. Successful therapy requires a safe environment for you to feel comfortable opening up in order to address the underlying issues you are facing. Anything discussed during our session is not shared with anyone outside what is outlined in my Informed Consent, which all clients are required to agree to and sign before starting therapy. There may be times when you want me to share information with someone else, such as your physician. I can only share information with others with your consent, which requires you to sign a release of information.
State law and professional ethics require me to maintain confidentiality about what we discuss, except in a few specific instances:
- If there is any suspected abuse or neglect of children, elders, or dependent adults, which may require a report to the appropriate protective services agency and/or law enforcement.
- If you are in immediate danger of seriously harming yourself or someone else.
Yes! Online therapy (referred to as “teletherapy”) has been heavily researched and studies show that it is just as effective as in-person therapy. We still get to see each other and personally connect; just over video. There are also unique benefits to online therapy, many of which my clients have told me they appreciate, such as not having to deal with traffic or parking, not having additional commute time, more flexibility with scheduling, and being able to have sessions wherever is most convenient for them.
If you are wondering whether online therapy is a good fit for you, let’s schedule a free 15-minute consultation and you can decide for yourself. Many people are pleasantly surprised at how much they prefer it to in-person therapy.
Nina can only work with clients that are physically located in California at the time of any session.
Relational therapy (2 or more people) is $150 for 50-minute sessions
Individual therapy is $125 for 50-minute sessions
Nina offers limited reduced fee spots for those whom her fee would be prohibitive of engaging in therapy with her. Inquire for more information.
Payment may be made by credit or debit card payment, which is due at or before the time of our session. Typically, credit or debit card payment is set up via IVY PAY, a credit/debit card payment service specifically designed for licensed mental health therapists which is HIPAA compliant. IVY PAY is a convenient payment option which securely records a debit/credit card and allows for automatic payment prior to our sessions. Aka, payment is super easy.
Nina does not take any insurance. She can provide a super bill for clients to submit to their insurance for reimbursement. However, many insurance providers will not reimburse services with an associate counselor. Please contact your specific insurance provider for more information.
Nina is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT 147716), which means that she has completed her formal education and received her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and is in the process of gaining the necessary clinical experience and supervision required to become a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT).
In order to qualify for licensure therapists must accrue 3,000 hours of supervised post-degree professional experience.
Nina is supervised by Lauren Consul, an incredibly experienced therapist that specializes in sex and relationship therapy. Lauren is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California (LMFT87205).
Working with an associate essentially means that you get support from not one, but two, wonderful therapists; directly from Nina and indirectly from Lauren Consul via their weekly supervision. Nina is also able to offer a reduced rate from Lauren’s full fee.
You can verify Nina’s associate registration here, by entering her full name “Nina Marikian” or registration number “147716”. You can verify Nina’s supervisor’s license by entering “Lauren Consul” or license number “87205”.
Payment may be made by credit or debit card payment, which is due at or before the time of our session. Typically, credit or debit card payment is set up via IvyPay, a credit/debit card payment service specifically designed for licensed mental health therapists which is HIPAA compliant. IvyPay is a convenient payment option which securely records a debit/credit card and allows for automatic payment prior to our sessions. Aka, payment is super easy.
Nina accepts a limited number of reduced fee clients her caseload at any given time for clients where her current fee would otherwise make therapy with her inaccessible. Inquire with Nina to discuss this potential option and to see if she has a reduced fee spot currently available.
Once you book a session time, that time is reserved specifically for you. Nina requires at least 24-hours notice to reschedule or cancel a session. If you cancel or reschedule with less than 24-hours notice, you will still be responsible and charged for the full session fee.
Your session time is dedicated and reserved for you. If you are late for a session you may join it at any time within your designated time period, but our session will still end at the scheduled time and you will still be responsible for the entirety of the regular session fee.
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost.
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.
- You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.
- Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item.
- You can also ask your healthcare provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.
- If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.
- Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.
For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call (800) 368-1019.
If you are ready to discuss your therapy needs, please schedule your free 15-minute consultation with Nina by clicking the button below.
