About Gina
Gina Young is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with 17 years of clinical experience in Michigan. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. Gina aims to make the first steps toward change feel less overwhelming and more doable.
Gina creates a calm, accepting space where people can talk about what matters to them. She listens for practical patterns and helps people notice small changes that lead to better days.
How Gina works
Conversations are straightforward and aimed at tools that people can use between sessions. Her work includes support for parenting challenges and family conflict. She also helps people build self-esteem, handle career-related stress, and cope with big life changes.
Issues such as grief, intimacy-related struggles, anger, and compassion fatigue are part of her practice. Gina offers guidance for people navigating identity and relationship concerns, including LGBT issues. She also addresses ADHD-related challenges, social anxiety, and phobia.
Her approach blends emotional support with goal-focused coaching when helpful. Patients can expect a practical, nonjudgmental tone in sessions. Gina helps clients identify next steps and tracks progress over time.
She encourages people to try skills that fit their daily lives and adjusts plans as needs shift.
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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Practical approaches and online access
Gina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear, usable skills. One common approach helps people learn to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns so day-to-day worries feel less overwhelming. This type of work is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Another approach emphasizes goal-focused coaching and problem solving. Sessions include breaking larger problems into small, manageable steps and trying strategies between meetings. That approach is helpful for parenting challenges, career stress, and coping with life transitions.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Gina will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. The process is paced to match personal needs and preferences.
Online therapy provides practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual connection when that matters. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, homework notes, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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