Catrina Giorgio, LMSW

Catrina is a compassionate, client-centered Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in New York who provides individual, couples, and family counseling for those navigating life’s challenges, trauma, and difficult transitions. She has a passion for helping people recognize their strengths, grow through adversity, and work toward achieving the goals that matter most to them. Before becoming a therapist, Catrina spent more than 10 years supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness, addiction, chronic illness, trauma, and other significant life challenges. These experiences shaped her understanding of the resilience of the human spirit and strengthened her belief that every person deserves to be treated with dignity, autonomy, compassion, and respect. Catrina takes a holistic and individualized approach to therapy. She believes that the mind, body, and soul are interconnected, and that each plays an important role in overall well-being. In her role as a graduate assistant for New York State, she received academic distinction for her work conducting extensive research focused on the well-being of at-risk youth, which helped her develop a strong understanding of the fundamental needs necessary to live a healthy and fulfilling life. With a background in positive psychology, Catrina helps clients identify their strengths, abilities, and positive attributes, particularly when past experiences have made those qualities difficult to recognize. Trauma, rejection, neglect, abandonment, depression, and other mental health challenges can deeply affect the way people see themselves. Catrina’s goal is to help clients reconnect with the strengths and unique gifts that may have been overlooked or diminished along the way. Catrina believes that each person is the expert on their own life. Her role is not to tell clients who they should be or how they should live, but rather to walk alongside them as a guide, offering a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space to be heard, understood, and empowered. Understanding that no two journeys are the same, Catrina tailors each session to the individual’s unique needs, experiences, and goals. She believes that every person has the capacity for growth and healing, and deserves the opportunity to rediscover their worth, recognize their strengths, and move toward the life they envision for themselves.