Dr. Nathanial Hinerman, LMFT
California · 25 years in practice
Dr. Nathanial Hinerman is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 106778 · expires June 2028
- NPI
- 1841777257 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Nathanial
Dr. Nathanial Hinerman is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. He helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, and self-esteem concerns.
Dr. Hinerman also supports clients facing parenting stress, career changes, ADHD, sleep difficulties, and compassion fatigue. He uses a blend of Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based approaches, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral techniques.
Sessions often include learning mindfulness and practical exercises that can be used between meetings.
Background and approach
The focus is on identifying what matters to the client and building small habits that move them toward those goals. Dr. Hinerman frames therapy as a collaborative process.
He treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on. He also draws on ideas from evolutionary psychology and wisdom traditions to offer different perspectives when helpful. His background includes advanced academic study in philosophy of religion and evolutionary psychology, alongside his clinical licensure as an LMFT.
He has substantial experience supporting people with addictions and those navigating high-pressure public lives. Outside clinical work he is a single father to teenage twins and a distance runner. He encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready, and he offers a supportive environment to begin that work.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nathanial lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nathanial names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion and acceptance work online
Dr. Hinerman commonly draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift their emotional responses in relationships and personal struggles. EFT focuses on identifying core emotions, improving emotional awareness, and creating new patterns of connection and self-support. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful actions toward those values. ACT teaches skills for noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match what matters most. Attachment-based ideas appear in his work too, helping people see how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and close connections. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. He will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options, and try methods that fit your needs. If one approach doesn’t feel right, he will adjust the plan together with you. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging let you keep momentum between sessions and fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and try techniques in real time.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What issues does this therapist help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, self-esteem, ADHD, sleep problems, parenting strain, career transitions, and related concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. He emphasizes practical exercises, mindfulness practice, and talking through emotions to find workable steps forward.
How much experience does he have?
He brings 25 years of clinical experience and substantial work with addictions and high-pressure lives.
What are his credentials and location?
He is a California LMFT and practices from California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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