About Gina
Gina Ninci-Harris is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with 13 years of experience. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, low self-esteem, parenting concerns, and career strain.
Background and approach
Her approach is direct and respectful, aimed at practical steps that fit daily life. Gina offers a calm space to talk through recent crises and long-standing problems.
She uses evidence-based methods and adapts conversations and plans to each person. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, manageable changes you can try between meetings.
Her background includes work across public, personal, and nonprofit settings. That variety informs how she responds to different needs and life situations.
Gina draws on tools that address mood, motivation, coping skills, and relationship patterns within families and origin stories. Clients can expect straightforward language and a collaborative tone.
Gina listens for what matters most and adjusts pacing so people feel seen without being overwhelmed. She pays attention to practical barriers and helps plan realistic next steps.
Gina provides services in English and practices as a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT. She welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into a busy schedule.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make the process easier and more predictable.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Gina uses a few core, evidence-based techniques to guide sessions. She often employs cognitive-behavioral approaches that help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this can reduce anxiety and lift mood by focusing on what changes are possible now. She also uses skills-based strategies for emotion regulation and anger management, teaching concrete tools to manage intense feelings and react differently in stressful moments.Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Gina will work with clients to identify goals, try methods, and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer. The process is collaborative and paced to match what people can realistically do between sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the conversation feel most like an in-person visit, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a work break, and live chat or text-based messaging can provide quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent when life is busy or schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English