Geoffrey Golia, LCSW

Geoffrey Golia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 11 years of experience. He helps people address stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strains, addiction-related struggles, grief, trauma and anger. Geoffrey draws on his own experience as a former therapy patient to shape how he works with others.

He trained at NYU Silver School of Social Work and moved into practice after seeing how therapy changed his life. That background influences a pragmatic style - he focuses on what people can do next rather than abstract theory. He uses clear language and direct conversation to map problems and goals.

Geoffrey uses a mix of approaches including attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavioral tools, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic perspectives. He adapts interventions from these methods to address mood disorders, trauma reactions, and relationship patterns. Sessions often include skills practice, reflection on relationship history, and steps to change unhelpful habits.

He has worked with a wide range of people, including those affected by the criminal justice system, people with substance use issues, college students, and adults across the lifespan. That range informs his work with blended family issues, fatherhood concerns, commitment and abandonment worries, and midlife transitions.

Geoffrey describes therapy as a collaborative process. He helps people break down problems into manageable steps, test new behaviors, and build more reliable ways of handling stress, anger, and difficult emotions.

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