Gabriela Perkins, LCSW

Gabriela Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on clear, practical support. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques while keeping sessions warm and straightforward. Gabriela uses short-term skills and steady conversation to help people cope with stress and low mood.

She has four years of clinical experience and has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and parenting challenges. Gabriela also helps with relationship strain, grief, and issues common to young adults. She pays attention to attachment concerns, shame and guilt, and feelings of isolation.

Sessions are conversational and goal oriented. Gabriela blends client-centered listening with tools from CBT and dialectical behavior therapy to build coping skills. She often adds mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support change and increase motivation.

In practical terms she helps people identify unhelpful thinking, practice new behaviors, and manage strong emotions. Gabriela supports parents navigating difficult moments with children and people coping with life transitions.

Her Utah-based LCSW credential reflects clinical social work training and field experience. Gabriela aims to make the first steps simple: she helps set small goals, adjusts pace based on each person, and checks in on progress as work continues.

How CBT and Client-Centered Work Fit Online

Gabriela often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and to practice new behaviors. CBT is hands-on and works well for anxiety, depression, and managing difficult moods by breaking problems into smaller steps.

She also uses client-centered therapy to provide a warm, listening space where people feel heard and understood. That approach focuses on the person in the room and helps build trust so skills from CBT or DBT can be practiced more comfortably.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Gabriela will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of skills. Phone sessions are useful when video isn’t possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions, share quick updates, or schedule brief check-ins without a full session. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, school, and family responsibilities.