Joseph Gagliano, LCSW
New York · 30 years in practice
Joseph Gagliano is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 049621 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1205940038 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Joseph
Joseph Gagliano is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship struggles, and other life challenges. He offers steady, nonjudgmental support and practical steps people can try between sessions.
Joseph combines conversational listening with tools that fit each person’s needs. He draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice, attachment-focused ways to understand relationships, and client-centered listening to tune into what matters most.
Background and approach
Cognitive strategies and skills from behavioral therapies are used when they help a person manage day-to-day life. People come to him for help with emotional pain, difficult transitions, and identity or intimacy questions. He also works with concerns such as sleep and eating issues, ADHD, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions focus on where someone is now and on clear goals that feel achievable. Based in New York, Joseph offers multiple session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. He accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
Fees vary with location and the subscription model can be canceled at any time. Joseph aims to make therapy a collaborative process. He helps clients name what’s most important, try tools in everyday life, and adjust the plan as needs change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joseph lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joseph names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Joseph’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Joseph uses Existential therapy to help people talk about meaning, purpose, and difficult choices in life. That approach is conversational and reflective, useful for people facing big transitions, grief, or questions about identity and direction.Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at patterns in relationships and emotional responses. It helps people understand why certain interactions feel triggering and develop different ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.
Client-Centered Therapy provides a steady, respectful space where the person’s priorities lead the work. This approach centers what the client wants to address and adapts techniques to match their pace and goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Joseph works collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and he adjusts the plan as progress is made. He aims to balance meaningful reflection with practical steps to use between sessions.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief updates or emotional support possible between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain steady work over time.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Joseph help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, relationship struggles, grief, intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, career stress, and related concerns listed on his profile.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Joseph uses a calm, collaborative style that blends listening with practical techniques. Sessions often mix reflective conversation with skills to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has practiced for 30 years as a licensed clinical social worker and brings long-term experience supporting people through transitions and complex challenges.
Where is he based and what is his credential?
He is based in New York and holds LCSW credentials in New York as listed on his profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Joseph is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are offered?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give people flexible ways to connect.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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