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Gina Totino, LCSW

Gina Totino, LCSW
Partner at Light Street Psychotherapy
Gina Totino, LCSW

About Gina Totino

Gina Totino, LCSW, is passionate about guiding her clients toward balance, clarity, and a deeper sense of peace. With a foundation in mindfulness and emotional intelligence, she takes an integrative, evidence-based approach tailored to everyone’s unique experiences and inner world.

Gina believes that behavior is our first language; she works closely with her clients to decode it, helping them shift from reaction to response, from judgment to curiosity. Whether navigating interpersonal challenges or exploring emotional patterns, she offers a supportive space to build insight, resilience, and connection.

Our Collaborative Approach

Gina believes that behavior is our first language; she works closely with her clients to decode it, helping them shift from reaction to response, from judgment to curiosity. Whether navigating interpersonal challenges or exploring emotional patterns, she offers a supportive space to build insight, resilience, and connection.

Education & Licensure

🎓 BA – Washington University in St. Louis

🎓 Master of Social Work (with Honors) – Rutgers University

✔ Licensed in the State of New Jersey

✔ Licensed in the State of Florida

Trauma Specialization

Gina specializes in trauma and helps individuals who have experienced:

  • Guilt vs. Shame
  • Envy vs. Jealousy
  • Foster Emotional Clarity
  • Personal Growth
  • Traumatic car accidents
  • Medical trauma
  • Childhood developmental or attachment trauma

Trained in:

  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
  • DBT for high conflict couples
  • Emotion focused therapy (EFT-couples therapy)
  • Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFS - couples therapy)
  • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Interpersonal Process Therapy (IPT)
  • Solution focused short term therapy
  • Emotion Freedom Technique (Tapping)

Treatment Modalities

Gina specializes in trauma and helps individuals who have experienced:

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • IFS-informed couples therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping)

Contact Us

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