Lena Gilman

As a Clinical social worker, registered yoga teacher, and former NY/NJ state-certified educator, I believe every individual is a unique combination of a physical body, personality, character traits, and strengths, with unique learning styles, and perspectives. Experience and trauma affect how we navigate our world and relationships. Understanding ourselves and our adaptive responses aids development improves mindfulness, insight, and self-awareness, and allows authentic growth.

Patient focus, concerns, reports, and goals drive my therapeutic approach since therapy should always be individually crafted and patient-centered. Therapy is collaborative, the client brings their experience, emotion, and cognitions, and the therapist is a companion in the process. Awareness building is a continual focus, purposeful feedback, and client engagement facilitates change to improve outcomes gaining personal agency, and ultimately holistic wellbeing.

Clients should expect support and collaboration towards goal attainment with a focus on improved function. Using a psychoeducational approach, interactive assessments, and personally tailored therapeutic modalities, including positive and integrative psychology, I assist clients in understanding risk/protective factors, beliefs, and habits that impede empowerment and well-being. Therapy sessions focus on strengths and struggles, mindfulness practices, solution finding, and self-awareness.