About Gabrielle
Gabrielle Pikoulas offers calm, practical support for people dealing with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She keeps sessions focused and respectful, helping clients name what feels hard and choose small steps that make life feel more manageable. Gabrielle encourages honest conversation and adapts the pace to each person's needs.
Gabrielle is a licensed mental health counselor with 19 years of professional experience in New York. She works with concerns such as depression, anger, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues.
How Gabrielle works
Her practice also addresses sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, career stress, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue. Her approach blends client-centered therapy with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused therapy. That means sessions often begin with the client’s priorities, then add skill-based work for thoughts and behaviors, and attention to feelings in close relationships when relevant.
Gabrielle tailors talk and activities to what each person needs that week. Sessions use conversational, everyday language rather than jargon. Gabrielle aims to make coping strategies usable between meetings, so progress can continue outside the session.
She respects each person’s pace and adjusts plans when life shifts. To begin, Gabrielle asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their routine. Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time to allow flexibility around changing schedules.
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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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Gabrielle’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins by focusing on what the client wants to address. The therapist listens closely and adapts sessions to each person’s needs, helping clients set goals and move at their own pace.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, adds concrete tools to change thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and managing strong emotions like anger.
Emotionally-focused therapy, or EFT, helps people understand and shift the emotions that drive relationship patterns. It can be helpful when intimacy, connection, or attachment issues are part of the concern.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gabrielle will discuss how these methods might fit a client’s situation and adjust the plan as goals and needs change. She works with each person to try strategies and see what proves most useful.
Online sessions offer options that fit different lifestyles. Video calls are close to an in-person meeting, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a quick check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These formats make scheduling more flexible and help people keep consistent work on their goals.
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