About Gina
Dr. Gina Scarano-Osika is a New York psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience. She combines practical therapy methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood problems, and relationship or family concerns.
She works with adults on issues like grief, addictions, eating concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and changes in life circumstances. She trained in relational work at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester and blends that background with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy techniques.
How Gina works
This mix guides short-term problem solving and longer conversations about patterns that repeat in relationships and self-image. Sessions often focus on concrete steps and new skills people can try between meetings. Gina pays attention to clear assessment and diagnosis, aiming to understand what is driving symptoms and daily difficulties.
She describes clients' struggles plainly and points to specific tools that can help with sleep, mood swings, anger, or attention and focus challenges. Her clinical title is NY Psychologist 012289, which appears on professional records. People who connect well with her report wanting a pragmatic approach that still honors emotions.
She typically balances skill teaching with time to talk about painful events, including trauma, abandonment, or separation. She also offers coaching-style support for career decisions and life transitions. She provides services to people from diverse backgrounds and accepts international clients.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through several online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
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What Gina works with
The areas below are the ones Gina 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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NY Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| 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
Integrating evidence-based approaches in online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current trust and closeness. It helps people understand patterns in bonds and feels useful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and relationship patterns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is practical for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many stress-related concerns because it breaks problems into doable steps.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills often help with anger management, mood swings, impulsivity, and persistent overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That process can include trying a skill-focused plan, shifting toward relational discussion, or combining strategies as progress unfolds.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of techniques. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text help people who prefer writing to speak and allow brief touchpoints between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days or across time zones.
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