About George
George Francis Giles helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by big changes, identity questions, or persistent stress. He is a licensed clinical social worker in California and draws on ten years of practice to guide conversations that feel straightforward and useful. He writes plainly and focuses on what matters now for each person.
His sessions often begin by listening closely to what someone is facing. He uses questions and reflection to help people name their goals and spot patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
He offers practical tools for managing anxiety, mood shifts, and stress so daily life becomes easier to handle. George has worked with concerns that include self-esteem, career stress, addictions, grief, and intimacy-related issues. He also supports people navigating gender identity, sexuality, non-monogamous relationships, aging, and end-of-life concerns.
He pays attention to how prejudice and isolation affect emotional life. Therapy blends conversational, client-centered work with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when they fit the need. He also uses motivational interviewing and narrative approaches to help people find motivation and reframe difficult stories about themselves.
Sessions aim to build skills, improve communication, and create clearer next steps. George prefers a collaborative style that respects each person’s pace and values. Practical change and a sense of direction are common goals in his work.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and priorities through attentive listening and reflection. It helps people clarify goals and feel supported while they make changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. In short practical steps it teaches skills for managing anxiety, mood swings, and patterns that cause distress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It offers tools for coping, regulating emotion, and tolerating distress in high-stress moments. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This usually begins with a few sessions devoted to understanding the problem and testing techniques that might help. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation over distance, phone sessions can be lower-bandwidth and simpler to join, and live chat or text-based messaging supports short check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can choose what works best for their schedule and comfort.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English