About Gabrielle
Gabrielle Barrington is a therapist who blends practical, person-focused work with emotional understanding. She uses clear, direct strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Gabrielle holds an MD and is an LCPC, and she brings seven years of clinical experience to sessions.
She creates a warm, inviting space where people can talk about what is hard for them. Sessions focus on identifying strengths, building assertiveness, and developing better day-to-day self-care.
How Gabrielle works
Gabrielle aims to help people see they deserve better and coach them toward real, manageable change. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered listening to understand how relationships shape feelings. She mixes that with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior strategies to teach concrete skills for mood and behavior.
Emotionally-focused techniques are used to help people name and sit with difficult feelings. Gabrielle works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, family and parenting stress, trauma and abuse, body image and eating issues, guilt and shame, and career or life-change challenges. She also addresses attachment and abandonment wounds, codependency, and isolation or loneliness.
People can expect a collaborative process: Gabrielle helps uncover what keeps someone stuck, then practices skills together in session. Her style is both supportive and coaching-oriented, aiming for practical steps that fit everyday life.
Gabrielle lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Gabrielle works with
The areas below are the ones Gabrielle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Using attachment and skills-focused work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape emotions and behavior. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships and practice new ways of connecting and setting boundaries.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist listens and follows the person's priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and to clarify their values and goals during conversation-based sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In teletherapy, CBT often includes short exercises or homework between sessions to build new habits and reduce anxiety or low mood.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Gabrielle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means discussing what feels useful and adjusting plans over time so the approach matches real-life needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coping tools, or ongoing support between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and busy days.
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