Gabriele Hoog, LCSW

Gabriele Hoog is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with two decades of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, mood disorders, addiction, trauma, and relationship difficulties. She creates a compassionate, validating environment where individuals can explore intense emotions and past wounds while also developing practical strategies to move forward.

Her approach balances emotional processing with skills training - supporting clients through depression, bipolar symptoms, substance use concerns, anger management, and self-esteem challenges while also addressing sleep, eating, and overall wellness habits like diet, exercise, and self-care. Gabriele emphasizes learning new ways of responding so that old patterns of thought and behavior no longer determine daily choices.

Working from a strengths-based, solutions-focused perspective, she treats each person as the expert on their own life and collaborates to build individualized treatment plans. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to illuminate how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach distress tolerance skills such as mindfulness, grounding, and breathing techniques. Client-Centered principles guide her practice so clients feel heard and empowered throughout therapy.

Gabriele aims to help clients regain balance and a greater sense of peace by combining insight, practical tools, and steady support tailored to each person’s goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Gabriele Hoog

Gabriele integrates Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space where clients guide the pace and focus of their work - this approach is useful for building trust, exploring values, and strengthening self-awareness. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients see how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors connect and to develop practical strategies for addressing anxiety, depression, and unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is taught to build distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills - mindfulness, grounding, and breathing techniques are core DBT tools useful for managing intense feelings and impulsivity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Gabriele collaborates with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods as progress unfolds so therapy stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, maintain continuity during transitions, and access licensed professionals from wherever the client is located within accepted regions. The focus remains on practical, evidence-informed work that supports meaningful change.