Gina Romblad received Bachelor’s degrees in Social Work and Classical Voice with a minor in technical theatre at Western Connecticut State University in 2009. She then completed her Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut in 2014, specializing in adult casework. She moved from Connecticut to Florida in June of 2014 to live with her husband after dating long-distance for over a year. She became interested in working with clients with addiction, anger management and various other mental health challenges through outpatient internships and worked in a direct-care and Assistant Manager role for adults with acquired brain injuries while in her master’s program. She worked at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. from 2014 to 2022, working primarily in the areas of familial DCF/PSF involvement, anger management, addiction and mental health.
Gina is passionate about helping others reach their mental health and addiction goals, live a healthy lifestyle and thrive in their relationships. She specializes in work with adults in the areas of trauma, anger management, addiction, communication skills, depression, anxiety, work with veterans and their families, LGBTQIA challenges/identity exploration, overcoming life challenges and fostering self-esteem. Her clinical work is supported through Erik Erickson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development, cultural competency, art therapy, DBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, strengths-based interventions, Gottman, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and EMDR.
Gina lives in the Gainesville, FL area with her husband and daughter. In her spare time, she is enjoying learning how to garden, sings in a local chorale, and loves scrapbooking, baking, yoga and walking/jogging for self-care.