- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Gina
Gina Ferrari is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting challenges, and other life shifts. Her style is practical and collaborative, aimed at finding what works for each person.
Gina says the pace of modern life can leave people overwhelmed and short on tools. She helps clients spot strengths they already have and learns together how to build new coping skills.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to be straightforward and focused on real-world change. Her background in social work includes supporting people through work stress, family stressors, marital conflicts, trauma and abuse, and issues related to addiction and bipolar disorder. She brings experience across a broad range of concerns while keeping the conversation centered on the person in front of her.
Gina describes her approach as strengths-based and collaborative. She treats clients as experts in their own lives and helps them set achievable goals. The work often involves practical strategies to reduce anxiety, handle anger, and improve relationship patterns.
In therapy she pays attention to how daily routines, career demands, and social pressures affect wellbeing. Parents can expect help with parenting stress and balancing responsibilities. The aim is to leave sessions with clear next steps and tools to try between meetings.
What Gina works with
Everything Gina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Gina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Gina draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and changing patterns. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes to reduce overwhelm. This work helps with day-to-day stress, panic, and feeling overburdened.Another approach centers on strengthening relationships and managing family or intimacy-related challenges. It looks at communication patterns, setting boundaries, and learning how to respond differently in tense moments to improve connection and reduce conflict.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Gina partners with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and lifestyle. That collaborative planning means techniques can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy makes this work easier to fit into life. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and work more deeply, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or shorter reflections between sessions. These options provide flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels while keeping the focus on practical change.
Questions people ask about Gina
What kinds of problems does she help address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, addictions, and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is collaborative and strengths-based. Sessions focus on practical steps and building skills you can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has twelve years of experience working in social work settings with a broad range of concerns including work stress, family stressors, and marital conflict.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, WA LICSW, and practices in Washington.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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