Nelima Gaonkar (she/her)

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I trust your own inner wisdom. Together we'll cultivate access to that inner voice that serves as your best guide to the life you seek.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Ithaca, NY

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

I hold space for those navigating the growth and loss that comes with life transitions - in family structure, education/career, or aspects of personal development. My clients are often traversing borders and boundaries across language, culture, race, class, gender, sexual identity and more.

My Background and Approach

I work with adults, adolescents, and children in addressing a broad range of issues/concerns. I utilize both short-term modalities of treatment and long-term, insight-oriented forms of inquiry and exploration, depending on what is desired and most beneficial for you. I treat anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief/loss, sexual abuse and other forms of trauma. I also work with people in exploring identity development, life transitions, and racial/cultural and/or immigrant experience. I have prior experience in both university and community-based settings.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

Amid the pressures of today's world, it is rare that we allow ourselves moments of stillness in which to reflect upon our lives, relationships, choices, and larger forces at play. These moments are paramount to bringing our lives into alignment with our priorities and ideals. My aim is to encourage the pause necessary for self-reflection. This pause allows you to see yourself more clearly and to articulate your most fundamental questions. Through the clarifying process of self-reflection, change becomes possible.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Existential Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Beacon
  • Cigna
  • Oscar
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • United Healthcare
  • EmblemHealth
  • Fidelis
  • NY State Empire Plan
  • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • MVP
  • CDPHP
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 21 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $150 - 175/session

Info

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233 S. Albany Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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