Galina Raykin

Galina Raykin, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist based in New York, providing individual psychotherapy to adults via secure telehealth. She specializes in working with individuals experiencing complex trauma (C-PTSD), anxiety, relational distress, emotional dysregulation, and long-standing patterns of self-criticism, people-pleasing, or difficulty tolerating closeness and conflict.

Her clinical approach is trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and relational, integrating psychodynamic insight with somatic awareness and values-based work. Galina helps patients understand how early relational experiences, chronic invalidation, and cumulative stress shape present-day emotions, behaviors, and relationship patterns — while also supporting practical change, emotional regulation, and increased self-trust.

Galina’s work is especially well-suited for individuals who are highly reflective, emotionally attuned, or outwardly high-functioning yet privately overwhelmed, stuck, or depleted. Many of her patients struggle with feeling “too much,” falling into over-responsibility for others, or repeating painful dynamics in relationships despite insight and effort. Therapy focuses on creating a steady, collaborative space where these patterns can be explored safely, without pressure to perform or “fix” oneself.

She brings particular sensitivity to issues of identity, family-of-origin dynamics, cultural context, and life-stage transitions, and has extensive experience working with professionals navigating burnout, relational ambivalence, grief, and complex decision-making. Galina is attentive to pacing and capacity, helping patients move toward change in ways that feel sustainable rather than overwhelming.

Galina holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and is licensed in New York State. She is committed to ethical, thoughtful care and ongoing professional development, and she maintains a warm, direct, and grounded therapeutic presence.