Gabriele Hoog , LCSW

Gabriele Hoog is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on creating an empathetic, validating space where people can explore difficult emotions and life challenges. She approaches each person with compassion and respect, recognizing that reaching out for support requires courage and that healing begins when someone feels heard and understood.

With over 20 years of clinical experience, she provides care for people dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use, and she addresses relationship concerns, anger management, and self-esteem. Her work balances emotional processing with practical skill building so clients can make steady, sustainable progress.

She emphasizes developing new strategies to manage intense feelings and to interrupt unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior. Working from a strengths-based, solutions-focused perspective, she collaborates with clients to create individualized treatment plans. She teaches Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to clarify how thoughts, emotions, and actions interact, and she draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to offer distress tolerance tools such as mindfulness, grounding, and breathing practices. She also supports broader wellness efforts that include attention to diet, exercise, sleep, and self-care.

Her goal is to empower clients to identify and build on their personal strengths so they can move toward greater balance and greater calm in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches for effective online care

Gabriele Hoog draws on several practical approaches to guide online therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients understand how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another and teaches concrete techniques for changing unhelpful thinking and reactions - it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance; DBT includes mindfulness, grounding, and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity in moments of crisis. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client as the expert on their own life and focuses on empathy, validation, and collaboration to help people build on their strengths and clarify goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Gabriele works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - provide flexibility for people balancing work, family, and other obligations. These options make it easier to attend regularly, access support from different locations, and use therapy in ways that match individual schedules and comfort levels, while working with licensed professionals and therapists trained in these approaches.