Vakhtang Gomelauri, LCSW
Licensed social worker blending insight and practical tools
Book with VakhtangWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Vakhtang works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York, Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English, Georgian, Russian
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Vakhtang
Vakhtang Gomelauri is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience. He offers practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem. He also supports people facing addictions, grief, parenting strain, sleep or eating concerns, and career or life-change stress.
He uses a psychodynamic approach to help people notice patterns that repeat across relationships and life choices. That work often examines early experiences and how they shape current feelings.
Background and approach
He combines that with mindfulness practices to help people manage strong emotions in the moment. Sessions are conversational and down-to-earth. Vakhtang focuses on making insights useful in daily life, teaching simple tools to reduce panic, lower stress, and improve mood.
He emphasizes clear, observable changes rather than abstract theory. He has worked with people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds and speaks English, Georgian, and Russian. He practices in New York and offers both in-person and online options including video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Vakhtang describes therapy as a collaborative process. He will help identify what matters most to you, then tailor sessions to your goals. If you want to understand why certain patterns repeat and learn concrete ways to manage feelings, his approach aims to combine insight with action.
What Vakhtang works with
Everything Vakhtang lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Vakhtang's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vakhtang lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Existential therapy helps people examine what matters to them and find meaning in difficult times. It focuses on values, choices, and how life events shape a sense of purpose, which can help with career shifts, grief, and feeling stuck.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce intense emotions and reactivity. These skills can be used when stress, anxiety, anger, or panic arise to regain calm and clarity in the moment.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may mix insight work and practical exercises until a useful balance is found.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets visual cues guide conversation, phone calls can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text work well for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep a therapy routine despite a busy schedule or distance from the therapist.
Questions people ask about Vakhtang
What kinds of concerns does Vakhtang address?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, self-esteem, addictions, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, career changes, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe his therapy style?
His style is conversational and reflective with practical exercises. He blends psychodynamic exploration with mindfulness so insight leads to usable skills.
What is his professional background?
He has 12 years of clinical experience working in person and online and has supported people from varied cultural and religious backgrounds.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with credentials in New York and Pennsylvania and practices in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, Georgian, and Russian.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.