Gabriela Perkins, LCSW

Licensed in Utah · 4 years in practice

Gabriela Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on making therapy feel calm and approachable.

License and registration

LCSW, Utah: 10834417-3501 · expires September 2026
LCSW, Oregon: L13958 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1053883819 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 4
Languages: English

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About Gabriela

Gabriela Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on making therapy feel calm and approachable. She speaks plainly and aims to create a warm space where people can talk about parenting struggles, anxiety, depression, or recent losses. Her style is friendly and steady so parents and young adults can focus on next steps instead of feeling judged.

Gabriela uses techniques from client-centered work and skills-based methods to help people manage stress and rebuild connections.

Background and approach

She often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help spot unhelpful thought patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are used when strong emotions or overwhelming stress are present. She has four years of clinical experience and has supported people dealing with trauma, grief, and difficulties in relationships.

Gabriela also helps with issues like attachment concerns, guilt and shame, isolation, seasonal mood changes, and questions about self-worth. She is comfortable talking through self-harm thoughts with safety and careful planning. Gabriela tends to work in a collaborative way, asking about what matters most and building practical steps together.

She uses motivational interviewing when people are finding it hard to make changes or feel stuck. If a specific question falls outside her scope, she looks for resources and options to support the next steps. Based in Utah, Gabriela offers sessions in English and aims to help people find manageable tools for daily life and parenting challenges.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

How client-centered and skills-based therapy works online

Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to each person. It helps people feel heard and guides sessions by the client's goals rather than a rigid plan. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical steps to change patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationship conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort. That may mean practicing CBT techniques one week, using mindfulness tools the next, and adding DBT skills when emotions feel overwhelming. Decisions are made together and adjusted as progress is tracked.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video lets people use visual cues and hold longer conversations. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or quick support between sessions. These options increase flexibility so clients can work on parenting stress, mood, trauma recovery, or daily coping skills from different settings.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Gabriela commonly address?

She works with parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. Additional focus areas include self esteem, relationship strain, and young adult issues.

What is Gabriela's therapy style like?

Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, with a focus on making sessions feel comfortable and practical. She blends skills practice, mindfulness, and motivation to meet goals.

What kind of professional background does she have?

Gabriela has four years of clinical experience working with people in crisis and with everyday stressors, including trauma-focused work and parenting concerns.

Where is Gabriela licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and practices in Utah.

Are sessions available in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

Gabriela provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with Gabriela?

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