Gretchen Raring, LICSW, LCSW

Licensed in New Jersey · 24 years in practice

Gretchen Raring greets people with a calm, straightforward style that helps them face stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life changes.

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

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About Gretchen

Gretchen Raring greets people with a calm, straightforward style that helps them face stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life changes. She is Gretchen Raring, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with many years of practice. Her manner is warm and practical so conversations focus on what matters now.

Gretchen uses clear, goal-focused methods that people can try between sessions. She mixes listening with hands-on strategies for mood, sleep, work stress, and addiction concerns.

Background and approach

Sessions often include learning new skills and looking at patterns that keep problems stuck. Her background spans mental health, addiction services, homelessness support, work inside correctional settings, and care for veterans. That variety shaped a flexible approach that adapts to different life situations.

She emphasizes collaboration so people feel involved in planning their care. Gretchen draws on therapy styles like acceptance and commitment work, attachment-based approaches, cognitive behavioral tools, and emotionally focused techniques. She aims to help people build resilience and better connection with themselves and others.

Her focus areas include grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and communication. Clients typically meet by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions are offered from her New Jersey practice and are conducted in English.

Pricing varies with location and the service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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

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Online support

How these approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when stress, anxiety, or life transitions get in the way of everyday goals. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current bonds and communication, and it can be useful for improving intimacy, trust, and connection in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, behaviors, and moods and teaches practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep, and anger.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Gretchen will discuss what feels most useful and adjust methods to match each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The process is collaborative so clients help shape the focus and pace of therapy.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be simpler if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and messaging support quick reflections, ongoing check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues along with grief, trauma, addiction, sleep problems, parenting strain, and career concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

The approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions combine listening with tools from acceptance, attachment, cognitive behavioral, and emotionally focused work.

How much experience does she have?

Gretchen has 24 years of experience working across mental health, addiction services, homelessness, correctional settings, and veteran care.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices from New Jersey and holds MA LICSW and ND LCSW credentials as listed in her profile.

Can I work with her in another language or from another country?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not accepted at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

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