Gretchen Raring, LICSW, LCSW
New Jersey · 24 years in practice
Gretchen Raring is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of practice.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC05318800 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Florida
- SW15156 · expires March 2027
- LICSW, Massachusetts
- LICSW124622 · expires April 2028
- LCSW, North Dakota
- 6418 · expires December 2027
- LCSW, Arizona
- LCSW-21898 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1194878371 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Gretchen
Gretchen Raring is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of practice. She offers a calm, straightforward presence and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her tone is warm and practical, focused on what will help day to day.
Gretchen blends several approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses Systemic therapy to look at patterns in relationships and routines that affect wellbeing.
Background and approach
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for skills that reduce avoidance and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Her work is grounded in client-centered and attachment-aware ideas. That means she listens for how early relationships and current connections shape feelings and choices.
From there she offers simple practices and communication strategies people can try between sessions. Gretchen has experience in settings that include mental health, addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and work with veterans. She uses that background to stay practical and focused on what someone can do next.
She values collaboration and treats the therapeutic relationship as a team effort. Sessions aim to be clear and actionable. Common focuses include coping with grief, managing anger, addressing substance concerns, improving intimacy, navigating parenting challenges, and finding balance during career change.
Gretchen works from New Jersey and conducts sessions in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gretchen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gretchen names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Systemic therapy looks at how patterns between people and routines affect mood and behavior. Online sessions let the therapist and client map those patterns together and work on communication or role changes that can be tried in daily life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and making values-based choices. In remote sessions ACT teaches simple mindfulness practices and short behavioral experiments to build a meaningful life despite tough feelings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods and pace that feel manageable and relevant, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face connection and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and try techniques in real time between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, trauma, addiction, and many life changes. Additional focuses include parenting strain, chronic illness, codependency, and intimacy-related problems.
What is her therapy style?
Her style is warm, practical, and collaborative. She blends client-centered listening with skills-based approaches to help people try new ways of coping between sessions.
What kind of background does she have?
She has 24 years of experience across mental health, addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and veteran settings. That experience informs a flexible, problem-solving approach.
What credentials and where is she based?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from New Jersey. The profile lists MA LICSW and ND LCSW among the credential details provided.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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