About Gina
Dr. Gina Coffaro helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, addiction, and life changes. She works with adults on issues like self-esteem, career concerns, sexual and intimacy questions, sleep and eating problems, and the effects of trauma and compassion fatigue.
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with twenty years of counseling experience and practices from New Jersey. Her style is straightforward and strengths-based. She listens first, then helps people build practical skills they can use day to day.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear goals and steps you can try between meetings. She also offers coaching-style support for people wanting more direction around work or life transitions. Dr.
Coffaro blends several approaches to match the person in front of her. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person’s story. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy and mindfulness tools help with connection and managing intense feelings. She has experience working in schools and independent practice settings. Her background includes a doctoral degree from Drew University in individual and family counseling.
That training informs her focus on relationships, family building, and adult mental health concerns. People who choose her often want practical strategies and steady support. Sessions are aimed at helping people regain control, improve relationships, and move toward the life they want.
Dr. Coffaro welcomes conversations about specific goals and how therapy might fit into everyday life.
Approach and online options for flexible care
Dr. Coffaro commonly uses client-centered work to focus on each person’s concerns and goals. That approach means sessions start with listening and understanding what matters most, and then tailoring support to those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and practice different ways of thinking and behaving that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on how well they fit a person’s needs and goals. That makes it easier to blend skill-building, emotional work, and coaching as progress develops.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for people who prefer written exchanges, want brief ongoing check-ins, or need flexible timing. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule while working on stress, relationships, mood, and life transitions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English