About Federico
Federico Godina is a licensed clinical social worker in California who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. He offers calm guidance and practical tools to people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Federico speaks English and draws on seven years of clinical experience to support steady progress.
He creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they are feeling. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can change.
Background and approach
Federico listens closely and helps shape steps that fit each person’s life and goals. His work blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. He also uses mindfulness strategies and motivational interviewing to help with difficult emotions and motivation.
Sessions pair reflection with concrete skills to try between meetings. Federico pays attention to patterns related to attachment, abandonment, and relationship concerns like infidelity or commitment worries. He also addresses issues that affect day-to-day functioning, such as impulsivity, hoarding tendencies, caregiver stress, and body image concerns.
The focus is practical: clear goals and manageable steps. People who choose Federico typically want a respectful, collaborative approach. He helps set realistic expectations and tracks progress over time.
If someone prefers to work on forgiveness, fatherhood challenges, or separation pain, he offers steady support while helping them build coping skills and clearer choices.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters to them so they can set meaningful goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking and to try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and low mood.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, brings skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It includes grounding, emotion regulation, and distress-tolerance techniques that are useful for anger, impulsivity, and overwhelming stress.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Approaches can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for a regular therapy rhythm and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible support between meetings or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English