About Nerea
Nerea Jayo Schielke helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, career transitions, ADHD, and identity-related issues such as LGBT concerns. Nerea works with adults who want practical tools and steady support as they make changes.
Nerea is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in New Jersey with 20 years of professional experience.
Background and approach
She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths into the room. Sessions focus on building on those strengths to handle daily problems and longer-term struggles. In a session she uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused planning.
She listens for what matters most, helps break big problems into small steps, and suggests strategies people can try between meetings. Nerea also offers coaching-style support for motivation, career decisions, and life changes. She pays attention to cultural background, prejudice, and how identity affects mental health.
That includes work related to abandonment, infidelity, HIV or AIDS, intellectual disability, and self-love. Nerea aims to create a space where people feel understood and can practice new ways of coping. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Nerea provides phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging options so people can choose the format that fits their schedule and needs.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many of the techniques Nerea uses are evidence-based and focused on practical change. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills and routines to reduce anxiety and improve sleep; it teaches simple exercises, pacing, and behavioral changes to make daily life more manageable. Another approach centers on emotion work - helping people name strong feelings, understand where they come from, and practice different ways to respond when emotions feel overwhelming. These methods are useful for stress, anger, grief, and relationship concerns.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist listens to a person's goals and tries different strategies to see what fits. Over time the plan is adjusted based on what helps most, so the client and therapist shape the work together.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels important. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on low-data connections. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity during transitions or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish