Nick Szubiak
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
27 yrs experience
Updated September 2, 2026 How we verify
About
Nick Szubiak, MSW, LCSW, is a therapist and life coach based in Bethesda, MD, offering individual, couples, and family therapy focused on life balance, stress management, mood and behavior challenges, chronic health conditions, chronic pain, addiction, and performance/leadership optimization. He holds an MSW from Rutgers University and has over 25 years of experience in the behavioral health and wellness field. Beyond his clinical practice, he is the founder of NSI Strategies, a behavioral health consulting firm, and has held national roles including Advanced Implementation Specialist for SAMHSA's Opioid Response Network, faculty for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing's Center of Excellence, former Assistant Vice-President of Addiction and Recovery at the National Council for Behavioral Health, and former Director at the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions.
Services
- Individual therapy
- Couples therapy
- Family therapy
- Leadership and career coaching
- Life balance
- Stress management
- Mood and behavior challenges
- Chronic health conditions
- Chronic pain
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Substance use
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Sports/performance optimization
- ACT
- Coaching
- CBT
- Compassion Focused
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
State licenses
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District of Columbia · License #LC50081644 · LiCSW Active
expires 2028-04-30
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Maryland · License #29595 · LCSW-C Active
expires 10/31/2027
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Virginia · License #0904014387 · LCSW Active
expires 06/30/2027
In the field
Media
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 10 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Full name, credentials, address [redacted], phone, 27 years in practice, licenses (DC LC50081644, MD 29595 issued 2023, VA 0904014387 issued 2022), fees $275/session with sliding scale, modalities, populations, issues treated, photo (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (nickszubiak.com)
- Services offered (individual therapy, leadership/career coaching, life coaching), bio summary, contact page URL (nickszubiak.com)
provider website about page (nickszubiak.com/about)
- MSW from Rutgers University, 25+ years in behavioral health field, career history (NSI Strategies founder, SAMHSA Opioid Response Network, National Council for Mental Wellbeing faculty, former AVP at National Council for Behavioral Health, former Director at SAMHSA-HRSA CIHS) (nickszubiak.com)
NSI Strategies (consulting firm site)
- Confirms same person: NSI Strategies founded by Nick Szubiak, based in Bethesda MD, lists identical license numbers (DC LC50081644, VA 0904014387, MD LCSWC 29595) as the Psychology Today profile -- cross-source identity confirmation (nsistrategies.com)
NPI registry aggregator (npiprofile.com)
- NPI 1740508688 registered since 2010-05-15; associated practice address in Kamuela, HI -- differs from the current Bethesda, MD practice address, likely a stale/prior registration (see data_quality.conflicts) (npiprofile.com)
National Association of Counties (NACo) bio
- 20+ years experience in direct service, administration, clinical experience; founder of NSI Strategies; Advanced Implementation Specialist for SAMHSA Opioid Response Network (naco.org)
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing bio page
- Professional bio confirming NSI Strategies founder role and national behavioral-health consulting career (thenationalcouncil.org)
- Profile exists under handle nick-szubiak, headline 'Integrated Health Consultant'; page could not be fully fetched (rate-limited) so only the existence/headline from search snippets was confirmed (linkedin.com)
X (Twitter)
- Account @nszubiak, bio 'Nick Szubiak, LCSW, NSI Strategies' (x.com)
expert witness directory (SEAK Inc.)
- Listed as an expert witness specializing in social worker malpractice, substance use, and opioid addiction cases -- a professional role, not an adverse record against him (seakexperts.com)