Goldie Gotesman, LCSW

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Why Goldie Gotesman, LCSW chose to be in the helping profession

I chose this profession because I have always been drawn to understanding people’s experiences and helping them move through difficult moments with greater clarity, confidence, and self-compassion.

I know how overwhelming anxiety, ADHD, panic, stress, life transitions, parenting, caregiving, and emotional exhaustion can feel when someone is trying to carry it all alone. Many people look like they are functioning on the outside while privately feeling scattered, stuck, anxious, or depleted.

Becoming a therapist allowed me to combine compassion with evidence-based tools that help people make meaningful, lasting changes in their daily lives. It is deeply rewarding to help clients feel more capable, more grounded, and more connected to the life they want to build.

Goldie Gotesman, LCSW's approach

My approach is warm, collaborative, practical, and goal-oriented. I believe therapy should be a place where you feel supported and never judged, while also helping you make real changes in your daily life.

I draw from evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, ERP, and executive-functioning strategies. These tools can help with anxiety, ADHD, panic, rumination, procrastination, emotional regulation, stress management, and patterns that keep you feeling overwhelmed or stuck.

Rather than offering one-size-fits-all advice, I tailor therapy to your needs, strengths, goals, and life circumstances. We may work on understanding what is driving your anxiety, creating systems that support follow-through, managing intense emotions, improving organization, setting boundaries, reducing avoidance, or learning how to respond differently to stress.

My goal is to help you develop practical skills that continue to serve you outside of session.

What you can expect from sessions with Goldie Gotesman, LCSW

You can expect a supportive and productive environment where we focus on both insight and action. In sessions, we will explore the challenges you are facing, identify patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and develop practical strategies you can begin using in daily life. Therapy with me is collaborative and skills focused. We work together to help you better understand yourself while also building tools that make life feel more manageable.

Clients often come to therapy wanting help with:
Racing thoughts, rumination, or constant worry.
ADHD related struggles with focus, organization, procrastination, and task initiation.
Panic attacks or feeling physically overwhelmed by anxiety.
Stress from work, parenting, caregiving, or family expectations.
Burnout, exhaustion, and feeling like daily life takes too much energy.
Difficulty setting boundaries or managing responsibility for others.
Feeling stuck despite wanting to make changes.

Clients often leave sessions with:
A clearer understanding of what is contributing to their stress or overwhelm.
Concrete tools for managing anxiety, ADHD, and difficult emotions.
Practical strategies for focus, organization, follow-through, and daily functioning.
More realistic next steps.
A stronger sense of being heard, supported, and understood.

Whether you are struggling with ADHD, anxiety, procrastination, perfectionism, panic, burnout, or major life stress, we will work together to help you feel calmer, more organized, and more confident navigating your life.

Goldie Gotesman, LCSW's experience working with the Jewish community

My experience working with people from varying backgrounds within the Jewish community has given me a strong understanding of its broad culture, values, family systems, and community dynamics.

I am mindful of how family, relationships, religious identity, community expectations, stigma, parenting, caregiving, and life-stage pressures can shape a person’s emotional experience. These factors may be central for some clients and less central for others, and I approach each person with respect, care, and curiosity.

My goal is to create a space where clients feel comfortable exploring their experiences while feeling respected as whole people. For clients who want their religious or cultural context included in therapy, I welcome that. For clients who prefer to focus primarily on anxiety, ADHD, stress, relationships, or practical coping skills, we can focus there as well. I strive to support each client in a way that honors their values, individuality, and goals.

Goldie Gotesman, LCSW's Book Recommendation Zone

• ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
  ADHD from authors point of view.
• Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
  Techniques to manage OCD triggers. It breaks down OCD into simple easy to read.
• Weekly Planner
  This weekly planner focuses on meeting any of your needs.

Approaches

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
• Gestalt Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Postpartum Recovery

Concerns

• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Bereavement & Grief
• Infertility
• Life purpose and meaning
• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Panic attacks/panic disorder
• Parenting
• Prenatal, perinatal, & postpartum mental health
• Stress management
• Time Management
• Transitions & Change

10 years in practice

Licenses

• LCSW by NY 2022. License number 094028
• LCSW by NJ 2024. License number 44SC06316000
• LCSW by FL 2024. License number TPSW4602

Degrees

• MSW by NYS 2016

Trainings

• OCD 2026
• DBT 2025

Average costs per session

$175 - $225

Payment Methods

• Insurance
• Sliding Scale
• Free consultation
• Credit Card

Insurances

• Aetna