Geoffrey Golia, LCSW

Geoffrey Golia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in New York with 11 years of experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and a wide range of mood and trauma-related issues. Geoffrey describes his work as practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people manage painful emotions and make changes that fit their lives.

He came to clinical work after his own experience as a therapy client, and that background shapes how he listens. Geoffrey uses a mix of methods rather than a single system. He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current ones, and he uses cognitive behavioral tools to break down patterns that keep people stuck.

Geoffrey also works with skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when a client needs concrete strategies for managing intense feelings or making behavioral changes. He has experience with substance use concerns, grief, and complex trauma from work in varied settings. Those cases taught him to focus on small, manageable steps and clear goals.

In sessions Geoffrey tends to be direct and practical. He helps people talk through relationship tensions, parenting strains, and the stress of merging households. He pays attention to attachment and communication patterns that often show up in blended family situations.

People who choose him can expect focused conversations about what’s happening now and options for change. He asks about history when it matters, and brings in different techniques depending on what clients need and prefer.