About Gina
Gina Young is a licensed master social worker with 17 years of practice experience. She offers a calm, straightforward presence and listens for what matters most to each person. Gina focuses on practical steps that can ease daily stress and improve functioning.
She helps people who are struggling with anxiety and depression. Gina also supports those facing burnout, compassion fatigue, and challenges with motivation or self-esteem. ADHD is one of the concerns listed among her focus areas and she addresses attention and organization difficulties as part of broader care.
Background and approach
Gina works with individuals feeling strained by family conflict or parenting pressures. She talks through relationship issues, grief, anger, and intimacy-related problems. Addictions, bipolar mood concerns, and life transitions are also part of her experience.
Her approach centers on creating an open, nonjudgmental space. Sessions are practical and collaborative, geared toward small changes that make daily life easier. Gina emphasizes skills people can use between appointments to manage stress and improve communication.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation about goals and options. Gina combines coaching elements with therapeutic work to help people build confidence and clarify life purpose. She aims to help people feel more capable and move toward a more fulfilling life.
Practical approaches and flexible online care
Gina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and real-world change. One common approach she uses teaches concrete coping strategies for anxiety and stress, such as breathing and grounding methods plus moment-to-moment planning to reduce overwhelm. These tools help people manage everyday stressors and improve focus.Another approach emphasizes problem-solving and behavioral change. This involves breaking larger issues into small, doable steps and practicing new habits between sessions. It is useful for motivation problems, low mood, and organizing life when attention is a challenge.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gina will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is collaborative and aims to identify what helps most in daily life.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter, flexible exchanges during busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or irregular schedules while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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