Dr.
01About Gina
Dr. Gina Coffaro helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and major life changes. She offers practical coping skills and support for issues like depression, addictions, self-esteem, career concerns, and sleep or eating difficulties.
Dr. Coffaro is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with twenty years of counseling experience and works with adults in New Jersey and beyond. She aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about what matters most.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on listening first, then building clear, usable strategies to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. She also supports concerns around trauma, intimacy, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. Her approach draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
She also uses emotionally focused and mindfulness practices to increase awareness, tolerate strong feelings, and strengthen connections in relationships. Dr. Coffaro trained at Drew University, earning a doctoral degree in individual and family counseling.
Her background includes work in school settings and independent practice, which informs a practical, real-world style of helping. People who work with her can expect collaborative goal setting and coaching-style guidance for daily challenges. She encourages small, steady steps toward the values and relationships that matter to each person.
Her practice accepts international clients and offers several online session formats to fit different needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00221400 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1669137667 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- First responder issues
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Methods Gina names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Gina names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their goals by offering empathy, active listening, and gentle guidance; it helps people feel understood and decide what change looks like for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people identify and shift emotional patterns that affect important relationships and intimacy.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust as progress unfolds so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging or chat is helpful for on-the-go reflections or brief support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She supports adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, addictions, self-esteem and career concerns. Additional focuses include ADHD, trauma and first responder or veteran-related issues.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and collaborative with a strong emphasis on listening and practical steps. Sessions mix coaching and counseling to set goals and build everyday coping skills.
How long has she been practicing?
She has twenty years of counseling experience and has worked in both school systems and independent practice settings.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from New Jersey and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, listed as NJ LPC.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
More counselors in New Jersey
See all
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship and 15 more
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse and 17 more
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family and 13 more
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship and 2 more
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.