About Gabriele
Gabriele Hoog is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with twenty years of clinical experience. She creates a calm, respectful space where people can talk about hard feelings and real-life stresses. Gabby focuses on practical steps as well as emotional support so people can move forward.
She helps people who struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, and mood disorders. She also addresses stress around work and caregiving, grief, anger, self-esteem, sleep and eating concerns, and ADHD.
Background and approach
Sessions combine listening with clear strategies to manage intense emotions and impulsive reactions. Gabriele uses a strengths-based and solution-focused outlook. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and works collaboratively to set goals and build on existing strengths.
That collaboration produces a personalized plan that feels realistic and useful for day-to-day life. Part of her work is teaching practical skills. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.
She also teaches distress tolerance and grounding skills from dialectical approaches and encourages simple mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. Gabby pays attention to overall wellness, including sleep, movement, and basic self-care, because those things affect mood and energy. She practices in Missouri and offers sessions that focus on immediate coping skills as well as longer-term change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Gabriele often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and follows the person's priorities while offering support and validation. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on spotting patterns in thoughts and behaviors and then practicing new responses to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression.She also uses dialectical behavior ideas to teach distress tolerance and grounding skills. These techniques include short mindfulness exercises, breathing methods, and steps to ride out intense emotions without reacting. Together these approaches help with mood regulation, impulsivity, stress, and daily functioning, and they adapt well to remote sessions.
Finding the best mix of approaches is a joint process. The therapist and client review goals and try strategies that fit the person's needs and preferences. Adjustments happen over time so the work remains practical and relevant.
Online sessions can happen by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and hands-on skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat or messaging can support brief updates, crisis coping steps, or on-the-go coaching. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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