Gabriela Perkins

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

LCSW Utah

Experience: 4 years in practice
Focus areas: Parenting, Depression, Stress, Anxiety
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Gabriela

Gabriela Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who centers her practice on evidence-informed strategies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, to help clients navigate emotional challenges and everyday stresses.

Background and approach

With four years of clinical experience, she brings a practical, client-centered approach to concerns such as depression, anxiety, parenting difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Her work also addresses relationship and family dynamics along with focused areas like attachment issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, seasonal affective disorder, self-harm, self-love, and young adult issues.

She aims to create a warm, approachable environment where clients feel comfortable exploring goals and making change. Gabriela integrates techniques from DBT, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to tailor sessions to each person's needs, and she is willing to seek additional information when a client's concerns exceed her current knowledge.

Based in Utah, she offers flexible session formats and emphasizes collaboration, helping clients move at a pace that fits their circumstances while focusing on practical skills and meaningful growth.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Support

Gabriela integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, which can be useful for issues like anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that helps clients explore feelings and set their own goals while feeling heard and respected.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when appropriate to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness strategies. Together these approaches allow for a blend of practical skill-building and empathic support, and Gabriela collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow for consistent check-ins, and support continuity of work between meetings while accommodating different communication styles.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Gabriela Perkins address?

She works with a broad range of concerns including parenting challenges, depression, stress, anxiety, LGBT issues, relationships, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic approach and style?

Her approach blends client-centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to develop practical skills and support emotional regulation.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has four years of professional experience working as a counselor and has supported clients facing crisis situations as well as everyday stressors.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds the credential LCSW and practices in Utah with licence details listed as OR LCSW L13958 and UT LCSW 10834417-3501.

Does she work in languages other than English or accept international clients?

Sessions are conducted in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

Which session formats are available with her?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.

How does cost and scheduling work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the process for getting started?

To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Coping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesGuilt and shame Isolation / lonelinessSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

4+ years

Licensed

Utah, Oregon

Languages

English