About Gabrielle
Gabrielle Gough is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. She works in Florida and brings a calm, straightforward approach to difficult moments. Gabrielle meets people where they are and helps them take small steps toward feeling steadier.
She trained at Central Connecticut State University for her bachelor degree and completed a Master of Social Work at Florida State University. Gabrielle has five years of experience providing individual therapy and supporting people through loss and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her own experience with bereavement shaped why she chose social work and informs how she listens now. Gabrielle focuses on practical strategies that fit into daily life. She helps clients with end-of-life planning, hospice and palliative concerns, and grief work.
She also supports people managing chronic illness, caregiving stress, isolation, and changes that come with aging. Sessions with Gabrielle include talking through the problem, identifying what matters most, and trying manageable skills to reduce distress. She pays attention to how health conditions and disability affect mood and coping.
Her style is compassionate, clear, and goal-oriented. People who want straightforward support for loss, anxiety, or caregiving strain often find her approach useful. Gabrielle aims to help clients feel heard and to build practical ways to move forward, one step at a time.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Gabrielle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical problem solving. One common approach helps people learn coping strategies for anxiety and stress through short exercises and behavioral changes that can be practiced between sessions. Another approach centers on grief and loss, guiding clients through recognition of emotions, remembering loved ones, and developing routines that support daily life while mourning.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Gabrielle works with each person to identify goals, discuss how they prefer to work, and try methods that fit their needs. She adjusts plans over time based on what helps and what doesn’t, so the therapy is tailored and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging support quick reflections or ongoing brief contacts. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around caregiving, medical appointments, or work, and they let licensed professionals provide consistent support across a variety of situations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Visually impaired
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English