About Gena
Gena Figliuzzi is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and low self-esteem. She works with individuals facing life changes, career stress, anger, and depression. Her style is direct and supportive, aimed at helping people feel heard and make practical changes.
She creates a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult feelings. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the person and finding steps that fit their life.
Background and approach
Gena uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and build skills. Clients can expect clear goals and simple strategies to try between sessions. She helps people practice coping skills and break problems into manageable parts.
Work often centers on improving communication, handling family tension, and rebuilding confidence. Gena brings seven years of counseling experience in New Jersey. As an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she draws on that background to support practical change.
Her approach balances emotional understanding with down-to-earth tools. Many people start by naming one small goal and then build from there. Gena encourages steady progress and checks in about what is working.
She aims to make therapy a useful part of everyday life for clients ready to take the next step.
Evidence-Based Techniques for Online Support
Gena works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice new ways of thinking that reduce anxiety and low mood. This involves short exercises and behavior experiments to test what works in daily life.Another technique centers on improving communication and managing family or relationship stress. Sessions focus on clear communication skills, setting boundaries, and resolving conflicts in steps people can try between meetings. These tools are useful for parenting stress, commitment concerns, and rebuilding self-esteem.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust the plan together so it fits the person’s needs and preferences. Collaboration helps find what feels most helpful over time.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let people use visual cues for relationship and communication work. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief daily support and skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life while still working on real change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English