About Gina
Dr. Gina Coffaro helps people handle stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, ADHD, and life changes. She uses straightforward guidance and practical tools so clients can make daily life feel more manageable.
Gina is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of experience helping adults work toward clearer goals and steadier moods. She earned a doctoral degree from Drew University with a focus on individual and family counseling. Over twenty years she has worked in school systems and independent practice, offering one-to-one counseling and coaching.
Background and approach
Her training and background inform a flexible style that meets people where they are. In sessions she listens first, then helps identify small steps clients can try between meetings. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to reduce overwhelm.
Emotion-focused methods help with relationship patterns and emotional reconnecting when needed. Gina also uses motivational interviewing to support people who want to make lasting life changes, from career shifts to healthier routines. She blends these methods into a strength-based approach that highlights each person's resources.
The focus is on practical coping skills and clearer decision-making. People come to her for help with mood concerns, addiction-related challenges, parenting questions, sleep and eating struggles, and career or life transitions. She aims to be a steady, encouraging presence while clients develop routines that support daily functioning and wellbeing.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on your strengths so you feel heard and understood; it helps when you want a supportive space to make decisions and clarify values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, works on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and improving daily habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and shift patterns in close relationships and is useful when emotional connection or recurring conflicts are the main issue.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences, then recommend techniques to try. You and the therapist can adjust the plan as you learn what feels most helpful together.
Online sessions make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins between meetings. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, shorter or longer contacts, and different ways to practice coping skills outside of sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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