Gina Sacino, MS, LCAT

I am a millennial, queer, eldest daughter, and fluid. I’m Puerto Rican & Italian. That identity affords me a whole lot, while also leaving me feeling quite lost at times. I move through the world in a body that has chronic illness and is dynamically disabled. I think it’s important to take these experiences and translate them into my work. My church is the natural world, and the power of connecting with others in community around the dinner table. I live by my principles, and am deeply passionate about social justice, food, culture, sweatpants, and dragons. My approach as a therapist is collaborative. It integrates relational and attachment-based foundations. I utilize the present and implement gentle challenging & parts work, creative exploration, open and honest dialogue, inner and outer narrative of worldview, systemic & cultural influence, and great respect for the body/mind connection. I believe strongly in your agency and autonomy as a human, and I stand by the principle that you are the expert in your own experiences. My approach is depth oriented, trauma-centered, identity affirming, and intersectional. I will challenge you, but I will not push you. My therapeutic style is warm, inquisitive, responsive, strategic, direct, realistic, will challenge you, curious, nonjudgemental. I use humor, pattern recognition, and creativity. I’m usually in comfortable clothes and am a beverage goblin.