Gregory Kaufman

Gregory Kaufman is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who focuses on helping people find a way forward through hard moments. He draws on practical therapies to help people manage stress, grief, addiction, and major life changes. He offers a calm, accepting presence and aims to make the work feel direct and usable.

Gregory began working in mental health in 2001 and has provided therapy since 2011, bringing eleven years of clinical experience. He tends to use tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for anxiety, mood, and coping. He also uses acceptance and commitment therapy and attachment-based approaches to help people clarify values and strengthen relationships.

In sessions he listens first, then helps people name what matters and build small ways to move toward it. He often looks at day-to-day patterns to find useful changes, while also considering family of origin influences when those patterns run deep. The tone is nonjudgmental and practical rather than academic.

Gregory has worked extensively with substance abuse recovery, trauma, loss, and life transitions. He supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stresses, LGBTQ concerns, and compassion fatigue among other issues. His experience includes helping people with chronic illness, eating and intimacy-related struggles, and workplace or career stress.

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and his practice is based in Massachusetts. To begin, readers are encouraged to follow the site’s intake steps to match and schedule a session.

Therapies that translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It often uses simple exercises and language to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action, which can fit well into remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT techniques like thought records and behavior experiments adapt easily to talk-based online work. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current connections and helps people notice patterns in their close relationships; discussing these patterns can be effective in an online conversation.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods that suit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That may mean focusing on skills practice one week and values work the next, depending on what feels most useful.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific online formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, avoid travel time, and check in during a shorter break. It can also allow more frequent brief check-ins for skill practice or coping support when needed.