Gina Porter

Gina Porter, LCSW, has 23 years of clinical experience across inpatient and outpatient mental health care, substance abuse treatment, and individual practice settings. She works with people facing a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, addictions, sleep difficulties, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and career issues. Her additional focus areas include codependency, drug and alcohol addiction, eating and food-related issues, family of origin matters, postpartum depression, and seasonal mood changes.

Her approach emphasizes collaborative, tailored work. Treatment is adjusted to the individual and moves at a pace they find manageable. She uses structured strategies alongside skills training to explore emotions, life events, and coping patterns that affect day-to-day functioning and relationships.

Porter seeks to help people identify strengths and understand how past and current experiences shape responses in the present. Sessions include exploration of difficult feelings such as shame, guilt, fear, or anger and the development of practical coping skills. She offers support intended to help people reduce stressors, improve mood regulation, and address relationship patterns while honoring each person’s history and goals.