Dr Vera Kaari Makena

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

“As a Marriage and Family Therapist, my work covers a wide range of therapeutic and support services, tailored to couples, individuals, young adults, and adolescents. My approach is holistic, and addresses individual concerns, relational patterns, and provides clients with tools to navigate life's challenges.”

About Me

I offer tailored, holistic support for individuals, young adults, adolescents, and couples. My approach helps you understand individual concerns and navigate relational patterns, providing practical tools for life's complexities. I aim to create a welcoming space where we can collaboratively explore your unique situation. This ensures you gain clear strategies to address challenges and foster meaningful growth, feeling truly heard.

Approach

I guide sessions from careful listening into focused, practical steps that reflect your pace and priorities. Working from Nairobi, I offer in-person or online meetings in English or Kiswahili, keeping the pace informal and manageable. Assessments and short between-session exercises help us map patterns around grief, trauma, addiction or family tension, while mediation-style conversations open routes toward repair and clearer communication. People seeking steady, practical progress—individuals, young adults, couples or parents—tend to find this way of working helpful.

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Basic Information

Nairobi, Kenya

In-person & Online

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Services

Services Offered:

Psych & Diagnostic Assessment
Formal psychological testing to identify conditions, understand cognitive and emotional functioning, and guide treatment planning.
Child Psych & Diagnostic Assessment
Formal assessment of a child's psychological, cognitive, or emotional functioning to identify conditions and guide appropriate support.
Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Mediation
A structured process in which a neutral third party helps people in conflict reach a mutually acceptable agreement.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Psychotherapy
In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.
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Supervision
Professional oversight for therapists and counsellors, providing guidance, ethical support, and reflective space for their clinical work.
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Training
Professional development programmes for mental health practitioners, including workshops, courses, and continuing education.

Works With:

Couples
Families
Groups
Individuals
Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

Addiction
A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.
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Behaviour or Conduct Issues
Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.
Grief & Loss
The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss.
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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Self-Care
Deliberate actions taken to maintain or improve one's own mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Trauma Therapy
Therapeutic approaches specifically designed to help people process and recover from traumatic experiences.
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Professional Title:

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
A therapist licensed to work with couples and families on relationship difficulties, communication, and family dynamics.