Gabriele Hoog, LCSW

Gabriele Hoog is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, or coping with addiction and trauma. She also supports people facing relationship struggles, grief, parenting pressures, sleep and eating concerns, and the challenges of chronic illness. Her style is warm and direct, and she aims to create a space where people feel heard and respected.

Gabriele works from a strengths-based, solution-focused perspective. She treats the person as the expert on their life and helps them build practical skills to manage intense emotions. In sessions she teaches ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and practice grounding and breathing techniques.

Her approach blends client-centered conversation with clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and to slow down when emotions feel overwhelming.

Gabriele emphasizes skill-building alongside emotional processing. That means talking through past hurts and trauma, and also practicing concrete strategies for coping, sleep, self-care, and daily routines. She links mental health with overall wellness, including diet, movement, and rest.

People who want a practical, supportive therapist who focuses on both feeling and doing may find her style useful. She aims to help clients move from reacting to choosing responses that fit their goals. Gabriele sees clients in Missouri and provides services in English.

How Gabriele’s Approaches Work Online

Gabriele combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people who are overwhelmed by strong emotions or stuck in old patterns. Client-centered work focuses on listening and collaboration so the client feels understood and can set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches distress tolerance, grounding, and breathing techniques to manage intense feelings without acting on them.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. Gabriele will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels most helpful. She makes decisions together with clients and adjusts strategies as progress is made.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, making scheduling easier, or allowing shorter check-ins when days are tight. It can also let people use mindfulness and grounding exercises in real-life moments, and helps integrate coping skills into daily routines.