- Licensed inNew York
- License012289
- NPI 1104041656
- Experience25+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Gina
Dr. Gina Scarano-Osika is a licensed psychologist in New York with 25 years of experience. She greets new clients with a warm, inviting manner and straightforward guidance.
She recognizes that reaching out for help can feel hard and offers clear steps to begin. Her training includes cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches alongside relational work developed at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Dr.
Scarano-Osika blends these methods with an attachment-based perspective to help people understand patterns in their relationships and emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and focused on skills people can use between meetings. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma find steadier footing. She also supports those dealing with addictions, grief, sleep problems, body image concerns, and challenges around intimacy and communication.
Parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care topics, and aging-related concerns are also part of her work. Dr. Scarano-Osika offers consultations that address mood disorders such as bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation, ADHD-related struggles, and chronic patterns like codependency or dependent personality traits.
She notes she does not work with gender dysphoria or LGBQ concerns. Her background includes two decades building a independent practice with colleagues. That experience informs a pragmatic, relational style that combines symptom-focused techniques with attention to how early attachments shape present challenges.
Credentials
- Psychologist (New York)
- License 012289 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1104041656 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gina names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and skills work online
Dr. Scarano-Osika uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current behavior and feelings. This approach helps people notice repeating patterns in close relationships and offers ways to try different responses.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors, and dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, and problematic thinking, while DBT provides concrete tools for managing strong emotions and improving communication.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt techniques over time. This collaborative planning helps match methods to the problem at hand rather than sticking to one fixed style.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and learning interactive skills. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around life obligations and time zones.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep problems, and intimacy-related issues, among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior strategies with client-centered and attachment-based perspectives to focus on practical skills and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a psychologist and many years of running a growing independent practice with other providers.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practices in New York and is listed as NY Psychologist 012289.
In which languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients as part of her practice.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
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