About Gina
Gina Schwarz is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. She draws on 23 years of experience in New York to guide clients through difficult emotions and past hurts. Gina aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk things through at their own pace.
Gina often supports people coping with anger, abandonment worries, attachment struggles, and issues around body image and self-love.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns such as impulsivity, guilt and shame, mood and personality disorders, and recovery after sexual assault or other abuse. Conversations focus on practical steps that make daily life easier and more manageable. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
Gina listens for patterns that keep people stuck and helps them try different ways of handling feelings and relationships. Sessions cover coping skills, clearer communication, and strategies for rebuilding trust in oneself. Gina frames healing as a gradual process.
She helps people reclaim a sense of purpose and build emotional coping that fits their lives. The goal is more stability, clearer choices, and kinder self-talk. Clients can expect a steady, compassionate presence and concrete tools to use between sessions.
Gina uses her long experience to tailor support to each person’s needs and goals.
Approaches and what online therapy looks like
Gina draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing patterns and building coping skills. One common approach helps people identify the thoughts and behaviors that increase anxiety or depression, then practices new responses to reduce distress and improve mood. Another approach targets trauma and post-traumatic stress by helping people process painful memories and build tolerance for strong emotions, reducing the power those memories hold over day-to-day life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Gina collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. That way the approach fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which gives flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send notes or thoughts between sessions and work in shorter bursts when that better fits daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English