Gabriele Hoog, LCSW

Gabriele Hoog is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, and trauma. She focuses on practical skills and steady support so people can handle intense emotions and make small, lasting changes. Gabby works to create a welcoming space where people feel heard and respected.

Her approach centers on collaboration. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them build on existing strengths. That means together they set goals, try new coping strategies, and track what actually helps day to day.

Gabriele commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to show how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She also teaches distress tolerance skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy, such as grounding and breathing exercises. These tools are paired with mindfulness and practical planning to manage difficult moments.

Sessions also consider overall wellness. She discusses sleep, movement, eating patterns, and simple routines that support emotional stability. The aim is not just to talk about problems but to practice new responses so old patterns loosen their hold.

People come for many reasons - grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, anger, ADHD, body image, chronic illness, career concerns, and more. Gabriele offers steady encouragement and concrete steps so individuals can choose different actions and find more balance in daily life.

Practical approaches adapted for online sessions

Gabriele commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people see how thoughts, feelings, and actions influence one another and to practice choosing different responses. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach distress tolerance, grounding, and breathing techniques that reduce emotional intensity. Client-centered methods guide the pace so each person’s concerns and goals shape the work.

Finding the right fit is a shared process. She will work with clients to decide which approaches match their goals, trying tools and adjusting as needed. The emphasis is on collaboration - naming a problem, practicing a skill, and checking whether it helps in daily life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue building skills wherever a person is most comfortable.