Vakhtang Gomelauri, LCSW

Vakhtang Gomelauri is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, addiction, and intimacy-related issues. He also addresses grief, sleep and eating problems, parenting concerns, career stress, ADHD, and other life changes. Sessions are offered in English, Georgian, and Russian. He uses psychodynamic psychotherapy as a core approach to help people understand patterns that begin in early life. That work is aimed at increasing awareness of feelings, reactions, and repeating relationship dynamics. Vakhtang also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people manage anxiety and stress in the moment. Vakhtang describes therapy as a collaborative process. He offers techniques people can practice between sessions to reduce panic, ease stress, and support daily functioning. He frames sessions around a person’s values, relationships, and life story to help find more meaning and direction. Over 12 years of clinical work inform his practice. He reports working with people from many cultural and gender backgrounds and adapts his approach to each person’s needs and goals. He encourages people to bring concrete concerns and daily struggles into the conversation. To begin, a person uses the Start Therapy button and completes a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is then arranged based on therapist availability and the subscription service that can be canceled at any time.

How psychodynamic and mindfulness work online

Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps people look at long-standing feelings and relationship patterns that often come from early life. Online sessions can support that deeper exploration by giving time to reflect, notice recurring reactions, and link past experiences to present behavior.

Mindfulness therapy focuses on simple strategies to notice thoughts, calm the body, and reduce anxiety in daily life. These skills are practical and can be practiced between sessions to ease panic and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and will adapt methods together in a collaborative way. That can mean mixing deeper psychodynamic exploration with brief mindfulness practices tailored to what the person wants to change.

The biography indicates experience with online and in-person care, but current session options should be confirmed before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can help choose a rhythm and format that fit someone’s daily routine.