Gina MoffaGina Moffa, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in New York City and has traveled the globe studying and working with clients suffering and enduring traumatic loss.

In the field for over 17 years, Gina has helped thousnds of people seeking treatment for grief and trauma. This includes doing grief and trauma work with Holocaust survivors at 92Y, an international non-profit, as well as being a clinical director for Mt. Sinai hospital program in Manhattan.

Gina is specialized and has extensive training in grief work, trauma, cognitive therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, internal family systems therapy, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorder, as well as depression.

Gina maintains a full private practice on the upper west side of Manhattan. The majority of her practice consists of people seeking support and guidance for a major loss in their life, whether through death, divorce, or an unwanted life transition. One of Gina's clinical passions is helping people to navigate their healing from loss and grief in a way that empowers them to find a new sense of fearlessness, understanding, and meaning in the face of unpredictable grief.

Gina is often called on by national media outlets, including NPR, The Skimm, Shape, Insider, Well+ Good, Fast Company, and more-- to discuss grief, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, where grief has played a central role in so many ways.

Among her patients, students and community, Gina is known for bringing a friendly, light and humorous approach to some of life's heaviest topics-- meeting them where they are and tapping into their innate strengths.

She received her undergraduate degree from Fordham University and her master's degree in social work with a specialty in trauma, from New York University. Gina currently lives and practices in New York City. Read More Read Less