About Gezhou
Gezhou Li is a licensed mental health counselor who aims to help people facing relationship strain, trauma, anxiety, or mood challenges. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and works with individual adults who want clearer direction and more emotional balance. Gezhou keeps language plain and practical so conversations are easy to follow on a phone or during a short break.
She uses client-centered work to build a trusting conversation where clients set the pace and goals.
How Gezhou works
Gezhou also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT strategies to manage strong emotions and distress. For trauma-related concerns she offers EMDR-informed methods and hypnotherapy when those fit the client’s needs. Gezhou trained in mental health counseling and holds a New York LMHC credential.
Her practice reflects about eight years of clinical experience supporting people with depression, addiction, grief, and identity or cultural concerns. She emphasizes practical next steps rather than long lectures, so clients leave sessions with something they can try right away. Sessions often include skill practice, focused problem-solving, and gentle exploration of past experiences that still affect day-to-day life.
Gezhou pays attention to relationship patterns, communication difficulties, and issues such as intimacy, commitment, or isolation. She also helps when work stress, sleep problems, or life transitions make it hard to cope. Gezhou invites people to take small steps toward clearer priorities and steadier emotions.
She works collaboratively to identify goals and track progress over time.
Gezhou lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Gezhou works with
The areas below are the ones Gezhou selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English, Mandarin, Cantonese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Gezhou’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps people clarify their goals and values, which can reduce pressure and make sessions feel collaborative.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions typically include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors between meetings to improve mood and reduce anxiety.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. Those skills are useful for intense feelings, relationship conflicts, and coping during stressful times.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Gezhou will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then try methods that fit. She adjusts plans based on what helps most and reviews progress together so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging works for brief check-ins, homework support, or shorter exchanges between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep work moving forward.
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