“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
Welcome!
Rina is a relational and insight-oriented therapist who works with thoughtful adults seeking greater clarity, emotional steadiness, and meaningful personal growth. Based in private practice, she offers therapy for individuals navigating anxiety, identity shifts, life transitions, and recurring relationship patterns. Rina welcomes clients who may appear steady outwardly yet feel unsettled beneath the surface and are ready to approach therapy with curiosity, honesty, and depth.
Her work is grounded in the belief that lasting change develops through reflection, self-awareness, and a consistent therapeutic relationship. Rina provides a calm, respectful space where emotional and embodied experience can be explored with care. Sessions are paced intentionally, allowing insight to deepen over time rather than rushing toward quick solutions. She works particularly well with introspective adults who want to move beyond analysis alone and cultivate a deeper sense of inner steadiness and self-trust.
Rina’s Clinical Background
Service Locations
Westchester - Pleasantville, NY
Online in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
Insurance Accepted
Aetna (including PPO, HMO, Meritain Health, 1199 SEIU National Benefits Fund and Aetna Student plans)
Wellfleet Student (NYU, School of Visual Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, etc.)
Northwell Direct
Out-Of-Network Benefits Reimbursement
Therapeutic Modalities
Attachment Based
Culturally Sensitive
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Existential Therapy
Psychodynamic
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Strengths-based
Clinical Expertise
Depression
Emotion Regulation
Couples & Relationships
Existential Crisis/Challenges
Identity Development
Life Transitions
Parenting
Relationship Issues
Client Focus
Adults
Adolescents
Artists
First-Generation/Immigrants
International Students
Parents
Young Adults
Education
Masters of Social Work, CUNY Hunter College - Silberman School of Social Work
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, CUNY Hunter College
Certifications and Training
Licensed Master Social Worker
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Trauma-Informed Care
Behavioral & Crisis Intervention
Languages
Albanian
English
Spanish
How Rina Can Support You
Rina supports clients experiencing internal self-criticism, uncertainty about direction or purpose, and relational dynamics that feel difficult to shift. She also works with those navigating identity development, professional or personal transitions, and a persistent sense of restlessness or disconnection.
Together with her clients, Rina explores the beliefs, emotional patterns, and internal tensions that shape how they relate to themselves and others. Her therapeutic work focuses on strengthening emotional regulation, clarifying personal values, and helping clients build a more grounded relationship with their internal experience. The aim is not only to gain insight, but to embody it in daily life.
Influences: Albanian culture, Yoga, Meditation
Rina’s Approach
Rina’s approach integrates relational therapy, somatic awareness, and reflective inquiry, with space for existential exploration. She combines thoughtful dialogue with attention to how stress, meaning, and emotion are experienced in the body. Therapy is collaborative and depth-oriented, offering room for nuance, honesty, and sustained personal exploration.
She does not position herself as an authority with all the answers, but as a steady and engaged partner in the therapeutic process. Rina believes that meaningful psychological growth emerges through increased self-awareness, alignment with personal values, and learning to trust one’s own internal signals. Her style is calm, direct, and grounded — warm without being performative — and able to hold both difficult conversations and moments of humor and humanity.
Rituals: Ecstatic Dance, Singing, Traditional Albanian coffee readings, Hiking, Sauna
Why Work With Rina?
Clients often describe working with Rina as grounding, clarifying, and quietly empowering. She offers a therapeutic space where complex questions about identity, relationships, meaning, and direction can be explored with care rather than urgency.
Rina is a strong fit for individuals who value thoughtful dialogue, depth, and a reflective therapeutic process. She works especially well with motivated, self-aware adults who are ready to engage sincerely in personal growth and lasting change.
Library: All About Love (bell hooks); The Art of Living (Thích Nhất Hạnh); Atomic Habits (James Clear); Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson; The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
About Rina Gorvokaj
Rina is a reflective and relational therapist committed to helping clients cultivate clarity, resilience, and a deeper sense of self-trust. Her perspective is informed by an awareness of culture, personal narrative, and the wider systems that shape how people understand themselves and their place in the world.
She approaches therapy as a space where identity can be explored with curiosity, meaning can be examined thoughtfully, and growth can unfold with steadiness and care. Rina values authenticity, depth, and the quiet strength that often exists beneath uncertainty.