Justine Gottlieb, LCSW-R

Justine Gottlieb is a New York licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-R - Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered) with 20 years of experience working with adults, parents, teenagers, and families. She provides therapy for a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, family conflict, parenting challenges, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anger, and coping with life changes.

Her practice emphasizes a wellness-oriented, strengths-based stance that prioritizes empathic listening and practical support. She blends thoughtful insight with concrete coping strategies to help clients address immediate challenges while building longer term resilience. Justine also works with issues related to aging and geriatric concerns, communication problems, family-of-origin dynamics, fatherhood, sexuality, women's issues, and the transitions young adults face.

Reaching out for help is an important first step, and Justine aims to collaborate with each person to understand what will be most helpful at this time. She meets clients where they are and focuses on creating an approachable, goal-oriented process tailored to individual needs and circumstances.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Justine Gottlieb

Justine integrates Motivational Interviewing and Psychodynamic Therapy into her work. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-focused style that helps people explore their ambivalence and strengthen their own motivation for change - it can be useful for making behavior changes, addressing parenting goals, and moving through life transitions. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that developed from early relationships and life experiences, helping people understand how those patterns affect current relationships and emotional responses, which can be especially helpful for family, intimacy, and family-of-origin issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Justine, as a licensed professional, works collaboratively with each person to determine the best fit based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors techniques and pacing so that therapy feels purposeful and aligned with what the client hopes to achieve.

Online therapy with Justine offers flexibility in how people connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access support from different locations. These options allow for both real-time conversations and shorter, message-based check-ins depending on what works best for the client.