Dr. Gagan Luthra, LPC, CSW
New Jersey · 38 years in practice
Dr. Gagan Luthra is a licensed professional counselor who brings decades of clinical work to sessions.
License and registration
- LPC, New Jersey
- 37PC00248000 · expires November 2026
- CSW, New Jersey
- 44SW00317400 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1508930991 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 38
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Gagan
Dr. Gagan Luthra is a licensed professional counselor who brings decades of clinical work to sessions. She holds LPC and CSW credentials and speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.
Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at helping people regain balance and clarity. She often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift patterns in relationships and attachment. She also draws on attachment-based and client-centered methods to make conversations feel focused on what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are added when coping tools and behavior change are needed. Dr. Luthra has nearly four decades of experience in mental health and addictions, including leadership roles in clinical settings in New Jersey.
That background informs how she assesses risk, structures brief work, and matches treatment approaches to real-life problems. She offers short-term work for issues such as grief, anger, and stress as well as longer-term support for mood, trauma, and addiction concerns.
She helps people with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, sleep and eating difficulties, and life transitions. She also addresses more specific areas like attachment difficulties, body image, caregiver stress, and career strain. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
Dr. Luthra welcomes international clients and works from New Jersey while tailoring sessions to each person’s goals and circumstances.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gagan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gagan names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approach-focused care available online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand how emotions shape relationship patterns and attachment. It is useful for partners and individuals who want to change how they relate to others and feel more supported. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early and ongoing connection styles to make sense of current struggles and to build healthier bonds.Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s own goals and perspectives. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what matters most, and helps people find their own solutions. Together the therapist and client decide which approaches fit best, and that choice can change as needs evolve during work together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for greater flexibility. Video lets people use tone and facial cues, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while using the approaches that feel most helpful.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related areas.
What is the therapy style and approach?
The practice uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods, with CBT and DBT skills added when useful for coping and behavior change.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
Dr. Luthra has 38 years of experience working in mental health and addictions, including clinical leadership roles in New Jersey.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and CSW credentials and practices from New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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