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Online therapist

Vakhtang Gomelauri

Practical psychodynamic therapy for life stressors

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
12 years
Licensed in
New York, Pennsylvania
Languages
English, Georgian, Russian
Format
Online sessions

About Vakhtang

Vakhtang Gomelauri is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma. He uses straightforward talk and practical tools to reduce panic, ease sleeplessness, and support people facing major life changes. Vakhtang works from New York and speaks English, Georgian, and Russian.

He draws on psychodynamic therapy to look at how early experiences shape current feelings and patterns. That work aims to bring clearer self-understanding and new ways to respond when old habits cause pain.

Background and approach

He also blends mindfulness and trauma-focused ideas when those approaches match a client's needs. Sessions focus on both insight and skills. Vakhtang will help a person name difficult emotions and learn simple practices they can use day to day.

He emphasizes noticing patterns, exploring relationships, and building small routines to reduce distress. Parents and adults who are dealing with grief, relationship strain, addiction, or identity questions may find this approach useful. He pays attention to how life story, values, and current stress interact when planning therapy.

With 12 years of clinical experience and licensure as an LCSW in New York and Pennsylvania, Vakhtang blends longer-term exploration with practical coping strategies. He aims to help clients find clearer direction and more calm in their daily lives. To begin, he asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.

Online approaches and how they fit your life

Existential Therapy here involves talking about values, meaning, and life choices to help people who feel lost or stuck. It supports work on purpose, motivation, and decisions when life changes or stress make these questions urgent.

Mindfulness Therapy focuses on simple attention practices and grounding skills that reduce anxiety and improve sleep. It helps people notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept away, which can be useful after trauma or during high stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether existential ideas, mindfulness, psychodynamic exploration, or trauma-focused methods are the best fit. Goals, preferences, and daily life guide those choices.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, keep momentum between sessions, and use tools in real time when issues arise.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Exploring how earlier relationships and patterns still shape the present, often over a longer stretch of time. It relies on conversation and reflection rather than exercises.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Vakhtang address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, relationship and intimacy-related problems, addictions, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and related matters listed in his profile.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He combines psychodynamic exploration with practical tools and mindfulness. Sessions balance looking at life story with learning small daily practices to reduce distress.
What background and experience does he bring?
He has 12 years of clinical experience working with diverse clients and has provided both in-person and online therapy during his career.
What are his credentials and location?
He is an LCSW licensed in New York (NY LCSW 085580) and Pennsylvania (PA LCSW CW020541) and is based in New York.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Georgian, and Russian.
What session formats are offered?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
12 years
Licensed
New York, Pennsylvania
Languages
English, Georgian, Russian

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