- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Blended family issues
About Gabriela
Gabriela Loera is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with six years of clinical experience. She practices in Virginia and helps people with stress, anxiety, family concerns, parenting challenges, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and related struggles. Gabriela also lists ADHD, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue among her common areas of work.
She describes her approach as one that centers the person's story. Gabriela uses client-centered methods to listen and reflect what matters most. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused strategies to set concrete, short-term goals.
In sessions she focuses on practical steps. Conversations often include identifying immediate coping skills and experimenting with small changes between meetings. She also attends to deeper patterns that come from past relationships when those patterns affect current life and parenting.
Gabriela has worked with people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, blended family issues, immigration matters, substance use, and family of origin problems. She notes experience with pregnancy, postpartum challenges, and aging or geriatric issues as additional areas she can address.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Gabriela encourages clients to name what they want to change, try concrete strategies, and check what works. To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session using the See online therapy options button.
Approaches used in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person. It helps people clarify their own goals and make choices that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gabriela will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make regular check-ins easier to fit into a busy day, allow shorter quick catch-ups when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let people use quieter surroundings, phone calls with lower bandwidth, or video when seeing facial cues matters. Ask about the available options when you schedule to choose what suits your routine best.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Texas, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, and related struggles listed in her profile.
How would she approach my blended household challenges?
She uses client-centered listening and practical techniques to help people manage loyalty conflicts, co-parenting tensions, and merging routines in stepfamily life.
What is her background and experience?
Gabriela has six years of professional experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked with a range of family and life transition topics.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCSW credential and is listed with TX LCSW and VA LCSW. She practices in Virginia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are used?
Confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which session formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.