About Giselle
Giselle Jarvis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and grief. She offers therapy in both English and Spanish and draws on five years of clinical experience in California. Giselle aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people juggling busy lives and strong emotions.
She uses proven, hands-on techniques to break problems into manageable steps. Sessions focus on clear skills for coping with panic, low mood, intrusive thoughts, and overwhelming stress.
Background and approach
Giselle also supports people facing life transitions, caregiver strain, immigration concerns, and issues tied to work or identity. Her background includes providing services to people with a wide range of diagnoses and developmental needs. That experience informs how she adjusts pacing, examples, and homework so work in therapy fits each person’s life and abilities.
She pays attention to cultural context and the different pressures people face. Giselle prefers a collaborative approach. She helps people set short-term goals and practical next steps between sessions.
Conversations are direct and focused on what will feel most useful day to day. Many clients use a mix of check-ins and skill practice to build momentum. Giselle can guide people through coping with panic and obsessive thoughts, managing mood disorders, and navigating grief or family stress.
Her aim is steady progress toward clearer thinking and better routines.
Evidence-based approaches delivered online
Giselle often uses cognitive behavioral techniques that help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change them. This approach is useful for anxiety, panic attacks, and low mood because it breaks problems into clear steps and practices.She also draws on mindfulness methods to teach grounding and attention skills. Those tools help when stress, panic, or grief make it hard to focus or sleep. Mindfulness exercises are simple and can be practiced between sessions to reduce reactivity.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist and client review goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust the plan together. That way sessions feel relevant and fit each person’s life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversational work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging help with quick skills practice, brief updates, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish