“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.”
— Attributed to Confucius
Therapy for people ready to live with more truth, connection, and meaning.
If you’re navigating a life transition, relationship pain, end-of-life realities, or integrating a psychedelic experience, therapy can become a grounded place to reconnect with yourself and move forward with clarity.
There comes a point where insight isn’t enough.
You’ve done the work to understand yourself, yet something still feels just out of reach.
There’s more beneath the surface. And this is where we begin our work together.
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A story you might recognize
You’ve done everything “right.” So why does it still feel empty?
Maybe you’ve spent years working hard to figure your life out. You’ve set goals. You’ve achieved them. You’ve pushed yourself to grow, to evolve, to become the person you once imagined you needed to be. From the outside, it might even look like you’ve arrived.
And yet, the satisfaction doesn’t last.
The promotion, the relationship, the move, the milestone… it gives relief for a moment. Then the familiar undertow returns. A quiet dread. A flatness. A sense that something essential is missing, but you can’t name what it is.
You’ve tried to think your way through it. You may have done talk therapy before. You understand your story. You can articulate your patterns. Insight isn’t the problem.
It just hasn’t touched the deeper layer.
There’s a feeling that something inside you is still inaccessible, like a locked room you can sense but not enter. A part of you that feels disconnected, restless, or quietly grieving something you can’t quite define.
You might wonder:
Why does achievement never feel like enough?
Why does the void return when everything is technically “fine”?
Why do I feel stagnant when I’ve worked so hard to grow?
This is often the moment when therapy shifts from problem-solving to deeper integration.
In our work, we slow down enough to understand the parts of you that have driven success, and the parts that feel unseen, unfelt, or unintegrated. We work beneath cognition, into the nervous system, identity, attachment, grief, and meaning.
Because sometimes the void isn’t something to fill. It’s something to listen to.
If you’re ready to move beyond achievement and into alignment, this is where deeper work begins.
Choose the doorway that fits your season
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy / Integration
Preparation, harm reduction, and integration support for people making meaning from expanded states — including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and post-journey integration.
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End-of-Life Support
Therapy for grief, anticipatory loss, spiritual questions, meaning-making, and navigating mortality, for individuals and loved ones.
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Life Transitions
Support for divorce, identity shifts, career changes, relocation, and “in-between” seasons where anxiety rises and certainty drops.
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Relationships
Therapy for relationship anxiety, conflict cycles, emotional disconnection, and people-pleasing patterns; individual and couples work.
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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER
Grounded support. Depth work. Practical change.
Stabilize & Understand
We start by understanding what you’re experiencing and how your nervous system is protecting you, so you feel less overwhelmed and steadier.
Explore & Integrate
We work with patterns, parts, and lived experience, integrating insight into your body, relationships, and daily choices.
We work towards comfort within all of your emotions.
Practice New Ways of Being
You’ll build skills for communication, boundaries, self-trust, and meaning-driven action, so progress shows up outside the therapy room.
Therapy that honors both
science and soul
Trauma-informed, relational, and somatic-based approach
Psychedelic harm reduction + integration lens
Support for attachment patterns, anxiety, and major life transitions
Space for existential questions: purpose, identity, mortality, meaning
Meet Gia
QUICK FAQ
Common questions
Q: Do I need to be in crisis to start therapy?
No. Many clients come in when they’re “functioning” but feel disconnected, stuck, or ready for deeper growth.
Q: Do you offer ketamine-assisted psychotherapy?
Yes, I offer KAP. And I provide preparation and integration; medication is prescribed by a medical provider.
Q: Do you work with couples?
Yes, especially couples navigating conflict cycles, disconnection, and communication breakdowns.
Q: Are sessions virtual?
Yes, online therapy for clients located in New York.
Ready to move forward with intention?
If you’re navigating a transition, integration, relationship pain, or end-of-life realities, you don’t have to do it alone. Let’s talk about what you need and whether we’re a fit.
Gia Lioi, LCSW-C is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering telehealth services for adults in Maryland and New York. She is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) – Level I, EMDR (EMDRIA-accredited), Gottman Method – Levels I & II, Brainspotting – Phases I, II, & III, and is a Certified Ketamine-Assisted Therapist (Fluence).
Gia works with individuals navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, and deeper patterns that impact emotional well-being and connection. She supports those seeking more than surface-level change, i.e., those individuals who want to better understand themselves, shift long-standing patterns, and create more meaningful, fulfilling relationships.
Her approach is integrative, experiential, and trauma-informed, drawing from modalities such as IFS, EMDR, Brainspotting, and mindfulness-based practices. Gia believes that while self-awareness is the foundation for change, lasting transformation comes through actively engaging with and integrating those insights into daily life.
In addition to her work in relationships and life transitions, Gia offers psychedelic integration support, helping clients make meaning of non-ordinary experiences and translate insight into grounded, lasting change. She also provides end-of-life support, holding space for individuals navigating grief, existential concerns, and the emotional complexities that arise during serious illness or major life transitions.
Gia works with clients experiencing anxiety, relationship difficulties, identity exploration, and periods of uncertainty. She creates a collaborative, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their internal world, build emotional resilience, and develop a stronger sense of self.
She is particularly passionate about helping individuals move from patterns of people-pleasing and disconnection toward more authentic, secure, and fulfilling ways of relating to themselves and others.
Outside of her clinical work, Gia values movement, connection, and new experiences. She enjoys playing tennis, exercising, spending time with her dogs, and traveling to places that invite both exploration and presence. She is naturally drawn to adventure and stepping into the unfamiliar, seeing these moments as opportunities to experience a full range of emotions and deepen her understanding of herself and the world around her.