Goal Mentality with Dr. G

04/13/2026

04/03/2026

Here’s my happy dance celebrating a client terminating therapy. People always ask me, how do you do your job? Isn’t it depressing to hear people cry all day? The answer is… it depends on the job conditions. In my case, yes, there are hard days with some emotionally heavy appointments but above all, I have plenty of sessions where we track progress, celebrate wins and personal growth, and laugh out loud!!! I get to watch someone going from contemplating su***de to finding a new purpose in life. I see the journey from tragedy to resilience. I get to be super proud when the burnout I-can-do-it-all client shows up with a written resignation letter. I see the mom who is deep in anxiety and petrified of losing her baby be at peace with a healthy baby in her arms. I have seen countless of grieving widows and high conflict divorces find a second chance at love. Women going from abusive relationships to healthy securely attached relationships. Not to mention all the moms that have been able to restore, reconnect, and repair their relationships with their children thanks to the countless parenting skills and guidance conversations we’ve had to get there. Let me tell you… IT IS HIGHLY REWARDING and TOTALLY WORTH IT, and not depressing at all.

04/02/2026

If you book between 8 AM and 9 AM there’s a high chance I’ll be sipping on an iced latte while you sob your life away LoL 🤣 Just know that you can bring your own cup and we’ll have coffee together. There’s nothing like drinking salty tears with caffeine first thing in the morning 😭😂 Nahhh… but seriously… psychotherapy is not all doom and gloom. We have the biggest laughs and the darkest sense of humor!!! What are you waiting for?

11/04/2025

I take feeling grounded quite literally 🦶 😂
For real, take your shoes off and feel the ground underneath your toes. Feel free.

10/02/2025

This is where the magic happens and the drink that makes it happen 🤣 Nobody is scheduled before I finish it ☕️ but if you are……. que pena me da 😆

10/01/2025

When setting the agenda for my appointments I always ask, is there something top of mind that you want to make sure we address today? Even though we follow treatment plans aligned with overarching therapy goals, we always want to be flexible, go with the flow, and prioritize what our clients need to talk about. It is an art to connect the weekly happenings with the treatment goals… It is our job to hear the theme and find the common thread.

06/18/2025

A very personal journal entry on father’s day. I often journal as if I were talking to my daughter. It helps clear my mind and process all kinds of parenting feelings. I’m sharing for those who can relate, and in honor of the dads that are trying to do it differently, the cycle breakers. We see you. We love you❤️

My dear baby,

Join me in congratulating your dad on this father’s day. I would love to be cute and post a short and sweet “happy father’s day,” but I prefer to be candid and give you a realistic and complex view of your dad, in the hopes that someday, you’ll read this journal entry and learn to appreciate the complexity of our human nature, the duality of manhood and fatherhood, and the paradoxes and challenges of our life’s roles.

Your dad is a brand new dad, who is also a good and imperfect man. Someone with flaws and virtues, with awesome days and worse nights. A loving father who is both a provider and a nurturer, both a mental health expert and a stressed out man. Someone who was raised by anger and irritability and is presently calm. I see him trying to break the generational cycle every day he holds you with tenderness, feeds you, puts you in a clean diaper, makes you giggle with silly faces, tickles your toes, and tries to prevent his heart from melting every time you call him “dadda”. He is doing it without role models. He is doing it out of pure instinct and love for you. He is your father and he is a human.

In his words, “you’ve made him soft,” in mine, you’ve made him vulnerable. Vulnerable to the fear of loss, vulnerable to toddler tantrums, vulnerable to worries about health, and to existential angst. But above all, irresistibly vulnerable to the sweetness of your eyes, the fondness of your gaze, and the brightness of your loud laughter that could light up the entirety of Times Square in a blackout.

So say it with me, happy father’s day to your one and only, your loving human, cycle breaker, “dadda.”

06/03/2025

Motherhood changed me. Being a working mom changed me. The struggle is real but you don’t have to do it alone. After having my daughter I became passionate about helping other professional moms dealing with the tension between motherhood and career. Pregnancy and postpartum are times of vulnerability and transformation. The baby is born and so is a mother. In therapy, we can address inner conflicts that arise when the new identity is emerging and not so smoothly merging with the wife, the scientist, the boss, the woman before. Again, you are not alone.

02/28/2025

Licensed to practice Telehealth in 42 states! Anywhere you go, we don't have to interrupt sessions. Anywhere you are, you can have access to a bilingual clinical psychologist.

07/19/2023

Our associate professional counselor, Jade is taking new clients and accepting Aetna insurance. She is our anxiety expert so if you are feeling worried or as if an elephant was seating on your chest… she is your person! Swipe right for booking information ➡️

07/13/2023

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