Gezhou Li, LMHC

Gezhou Li is a licensed mental health counselor based in New York. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and helps people who are facing relationship strain, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people feel more in control of their day-to-day life.

Gezhou draws on about eight years of clinical experience working with trauma, addiction concerns, mood disorders, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with immigration stress, family of origin concerns, and struggles around identity and sexuality. Sessions focus on building awareness and small, doable changes that add up over time.

In sessions she combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered work and other methods tailored to the person in front of her. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns, practice new skills, and set realistic action steps between meetings. She aims to make therapy straightforward and useful rather than abstract.

Gezhou also uses DBT skills, EMDR, and hypnotherapy where they fit the client's goals. She pays attention to communication problems, commitment doubts, and issues like dissociation or domestic violence when they come up. The focus is always on what will make life better in practical ways.

People who choose her can expect a warm, bilingual counselor who emphasizes self-awareness and steady progress. She works with adults who want clear tools for coping, better relationships, and more confidence in their decisions.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Gezhou uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday coping problems. She also works from a client-centered stance, which emphasizes listening, validation, and letting the person's goals guide the work; this helps when someone needs space to sort out values and priorities.

Gezhou also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong feelings get in the way of daily life. DBT skills can be helpful for improving communication and managing intense reactions. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process; she will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first.

Online therapy with her is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for deeper conversation and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging lets people share progress between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, travel, or other obligations.