Ita Golus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey and New York with over 19 years of experience supporting children, teens, adults, and families in schools, foster care, nursing homes, telehealth, and community settings. As a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist, she also supports individuals and families navigating grief, loss, and major life transitions. Ita provides structured, evidence-based therapy grounded in a client- and family-centered approach, integrating CBT, trauma-informed, strengths-based, and supportive therapy to help clients build coping skills, strengthen emotional regulation, and navigate life transitions with resilience.
Ita works with children, teens, adults, and families experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, parenting challenges, and school-related concerns. She provides parent coaching to bring therapeutic strategies into the home. With experience in schools and foster care, she supports children and adolescents through individual, group, and family counseling and partners with families navigating IEPs and 504 Plans to help children receive the support they need to succeed. Ita has led skills-based groups and parent workshops, collaborated with interdisciplinary teams, and helped students develop study and organizational skills.
Outside of therapy, Ita enjoys spending time with her family and their dog, creative projects like crocheting, needlepoint, and making friendship bracelets, reading, and connecting with friends.
Ita thoughtfully creates a warm, safe space where clients feel heard and actively involved. Ita partners with children, teens, adults, and families, supporting and empowering them every step of the way, and looks forward to connecting with you.
Ita is licensed in NJ and in NY. She offers in-person and telehealth appointments.
