More Than Talk Therapy.

When venting isn't enough, it’s time to heal the core.

Meet Your Therapist

Hi! I’m Gail Marina, a Trauma Therapist in NY & CT.

If you're frustrated because traditional talk therapy has only taken you so far, my sessions are for you. I skip the endless venting and passive head-nodding. Instead, I offer a direct, warm, and highly interactive relationship designed to help you actively move forward.

The Therapeutic Approach

If you find yourself understanding why you feel a certain way but your body still holds onto the stress, you are experiencing the plateau of talk-only methods. True healing bridges the mind and the body.

EMDR-Somatic Based Trauma-Informed Therapy

Trauma-Informed Guided Questions: Gently dive deeper to target and dismantle core negative beliefs.
Direct & Compassionate Feedback: Dynamic, real-time insights that respect your journey while keeping you moving forward.
Somatic & Body-Based Integration: Address how trauma is physically stored below language, breaking the body's defensive bracing.
The Goal: Emerge from past trauma with a profound sense of relief, walking into your life with confidence and renewed empowerment.

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Gail Marina Giunta, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, National Board Certified

Gail Marina Trauma Therapy Offers
Virtual Sessions: All of NY & CT

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Transforming Healing: A New Way Forward within a safe & evidence-based approach.

I am thrilled to announce an integrated approach to our practice, bringing together powerful, evidence-based therapies and holistic modalities to support your deepest healing and growth.

By weaving together specialized psychological frameworks with creative and somatic practices, we honor the profound connection between your mind, body, spirit, and nature.

✨ Our Specialty Frameworks

We utilize a diverse toolkit of specialized therapies to meet you exactly where you are:

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): A specialized, evidence-based trauma therapy designed to help the brain reprocess painful memories, reducing their emotional and physiological impact.
IFS (Internal Family Systems): A compassionate, non-pathologizing approach that helps you explore and heal the different parts of your inner world, fostering core self-leadership.
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy): A practical framework to help you identify, understand, and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors.
Mindfulness & DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy): Skill-based approaches that offer concrete tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and staying anchored in the present moment.
Attachment Styles Work: An exploration of how your earliest relationships shape your current relational patterns, helping you move toward secure, fulfilling connections.

🌿 Holistically Integrated Modalities

To complement these frameworks, we bridge the gap between mental processing and physical, creative, and environmental integration:

Somatic & Body-Centered Practices: We integrate the gentle, regulating movements of Yoga, Qigong, and Tai Chi to release stored trauma, calm the nervous system, and restore physical vitality.
Creative Arts Therapy: When words aren't enough, we use creative expression to unlock hidden insights, process complex emotions, and tap into your innate intuition.
Nature-Based Therapy: We bring healing outdoors, leveraging the grounding and restorative power of the natural world to deepen reflection and promote organic regulation.

🌱 How These Work Together

We do not believe in a one-size-fits-all model. Your therapy might begin with CBT and DBT skills to build stability, transition into EMDR and IFS to heal deep-seated trauma, and integrate Somatic movement or Nature-based sessions to ground your nervous system. Every path is uniquely yours.

Why I Do This Work: Returning to Your Center

🌱 You weren't meant to just survive your days under the heavy weight of old patterns, lingering trauma, and a racing mind. My passion is guiding you from a state of being constantly stuck and stressed into a life of ease, movement, and deep physical wisdom.

Together, we will build a practical toolkit to reduce your emotional suffering, clear out decision paralysis, and heal your core wounds. By connecting the brain and the body, you can finally unburden your nervous system, quiet the negative rumination, and make life-defining decisions with absolute freedom.

🛡️ Specialized Clinical Expertise

Trauma shows up in many forms—from quiet, daily heavy weights to life-altering disruptions. I am an EMDR-trained clinician, Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Specialist, and a Nationally Board Certified Therapist equipped to help you navigate and resolve:

Trauma Resolution: Processing both little "t" and BIG "T" trauma (PTSD).
Mind & Mood Challenges: Easing severe anxiety, OCD, low self-esteem, grief, and chronic negative rumination.
Patterns & Transitions: Breaking through decision paralysis, relationship challenges, and stubborn, stuck belief patterns.
Inclusive Care: Tailored therapeutic support focusing on Women’s Health and LGBTQ+ clinical issues.

🧠 The Healing Framework: Brain, Body, & Nature

True recovery requires more than just talking; it requires resetting the nervous system where stress and trauma live.

Somatic Neuro-Network Integration: We target the brain-body connection to process memories where they are physically stored.
Sensorimotor Regulation: Actively reducing physical stress, tension, and defensive bracing inside your nervous system.
Present Self-Awareness: Cultivating a grounded, mindful presence so you can safely inhabit the present moment.
Walk-n-Talk Therapy: For clients seeking an alternative to the traditional office, we can take your healing sessions outside with specialized nature-based therapy along the Peekskill waterfront.