Gabriele Hoog

Gabriele Hoog is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood challenges, and difficulties with eating and body image. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can feel heard and begin to sort through difficult emotions. Gabby focuses on practical steps that help people move forward rather than staying stuck in old patterns.

She works with people managing depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and substance use, and issues such as anger, grief, and relationship strain. Gabby emphasizes building skills for handling intense emotion and breaking unhelpful cycles of thought and behavior. She also pays attention to overall wellness, including sleep, movement, and self-care habits.

Her style centers on the client as the expert in their own life. Using a strengths-based, solution-focused lens, she partners with people to set goals and build a plan that fits their needs. That plan may include practical tools and small behavior changes to create momentum.

Gabriele uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. She also teaches distress tolerance and grounding skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy and integrates mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to support motivation and present-moment coping.

She practices in Missouri and provides services in English. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Gabriele uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions, then practice small changes to shift unhelpful patterns. This approach is helpful for anxiety, depression, and eating-related concerns where behavior and thoughts interact.

She also draws from dialectical behavior therapy to teach distress tolerance, grounding, and breathing techniques. These skills aim to reduce intense reactions and provide concrete tools to use when emotions escalate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. Clients and therapist check in together and adjust the plan as progress and needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Discuss scheduling and practical needs during the matching process to find an arrangement that works with everyday life.