About Gina
Gina Todd is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people manage everyday struggles. She brings 22 years of experience and a straightforward style that aims to make therapy feel useful and approachable. Gina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that get in the way of feeling better.
Sessions focus on small, achievable steps and real-world tools people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most and adapts plans to each person's situation. Clients come to Gina for a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and changes in life circumstances. She also supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, parenting strain, career stress, compassion fatigue, intimacy issues, and addictive behaviors.
ADHD is listed among her focus areas for people seeking support with attention and coping strategies. Gina respects the many ways identity and culture shape experience, and she includes that context when planning care. Her approach is practical and direct, focused on skills, problem solving, and restoring everyday functioning.
Sessions aim to leave people with clearer choices and concrete next steps. When someone is ready to begin, she helps them map out a plan that fits their goals and pace. Gina encourages small victories and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
CBT and practical therapy online
Gina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is hands-on and often involves short exercises or experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, anger, and many daily stresses.She approaches online work as a collaborative process. Together the person and therapist decide which techniques to try based on goals, preferences, and what works in the person’s day-to-day life. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
The online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or a better fit when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible ways to share updates or get support between longer sessions. These formats aim to make therapy easier to fit into work, school, and family routines while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, New York
- Languages
- English
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