About Geoffrey
Geoffrey Golia is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience. He brings a warm, compassionate presence and aims to help people move toward clearer goals and better daily functioning.
Geoffrey’s path into therapy began with his own experience as a client, which led him to pursue a Master of Social Work from New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. He uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
How Geoffrey works
Geoffrey draws from attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and DBT skills for emotional regulation when stress or intense feelings get in the way. Geoffrey has worked with a wide range of people across different settings.
His background includes work with justice-involved and formerly incarcerated young men, college students, adults, people affected by foster care, and those dealing with substance use and co-occurring mental health issues. Those experiences inform his practical, down-to-earth style.
Typical concerns he helps with include anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, addictions, trauma and grief, parenting strain, career questions, and struggles with identity or life purpose. He also addresses areas like abandonment, attachment wounds, blended family challenges, and midlife transitions. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and usable skills.
Geoffrey aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through problems, try new ways of coping, and practice changes between sessions. He works from New York and conducts therapy in English.
Geoffrey lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Geoffrey works with
The areas below are the ones Geoffrey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy approaches shape online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people recognize and change repeating dynamics in their close relationships. It can be useful for those dealing with abandonment, trust issues, or attachment wounds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it teaches practical techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits for anxiety, depression, and mood problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling conflict more effectively.Choosing the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Geoffrey will help clients identify goals, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time. He aims to balance skill learning with room to talk through patterns and past experiences so people can see what works for them.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different lifestyles and rhythms. Video calls let people have a face-to-face session when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief, in-the-moment support and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments while using the approaches described above.
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