Dr. Gina Coffaro, LPC

Dr. Gina Coffaro helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with grief, addiction, issues with intimacy and jealousy, work-related strain, and identity concerns such as LGBT matters. Gina is a Licensed Professional Counselor with twenty years of counseling experience based in New Jersey.

She offers straightforward, strength-based counseling that focuses on everyday coping skills. Sessions aim to help people manage anxiety, build self-esteem, and navigate career or family changes. Gina uses clear, practical tools you can try between meetings.

Gina earned a doctoral degree from Drew University in individual and family counseling and has worked in school settings and independent practice. Her experience includes helping adults through divorce, infertility and family-building challenges, and the stress of high-demand roles such as first responders and veterans.

Her style centers on listening, supporting, and guiding people to recognize their own resources. She blends client-centered work with cognitive and emotion-focused techniques. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of how she helps people find clearer direction.

People who choose Gina often want a collaborative approach and practical strategies. She frames therapy as a partnership that uncovers strengths and builds skills. To begin, she asks about goals and tailors support to what each person needs.

How her approaches translate to online support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. The therapist follows the client's lead, offering support and empathy while helping people uncover their own strengths and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, sleep, and mood support.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and reshaping emotional responses in relationships. It can help people who want to address intimacy, jealousy, or attachment patterns by practicing new ways of connecting and responding.

Finding the right approach is often part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.

If you're considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking since the profile does not list specific options. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work or family commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, emotion-focused, and client-centered techniques to remote sessions to keep the work practical and goal oriented.