About Gail
Gail Amalfitano, LMHC, LPC, offers practical, person-centered counseling that focuses on the real problems people bring. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and mood concerns, and other issues that interfere with daily life. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she aims to help clients move toward clearer choices and better functioning.
Gail draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
She uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to build a trusting relationship where concerns can be talked through without judgment. Sessions commonly include discussion, skill practice, and suggested readings or short activities to reinforce what was covered.
With nine years of clinical experience, Gail has worked with a wide range of problems including depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, parenting stress, sleep and eating concerns, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She is also familiar with challenges such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and codependency. Gail practices in Florida and holds the credentials LMHC and LPC.
She offers work that blends listening, problem solving, and education so people can better understand their reactions and options. Her approach is flexible and she adjusts methods to fit each person’s needs. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy more convenient.
International clients may be scheduled in line with licensing rules and availability. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. In an online session this often looks like identifying what matters most and practicing small steps toward those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses structured exercises to change unhelpful patterns; online sessions usually include thought records, behavioral experiments, and homework to practice between meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and try methods that suit your situation. The process is collaborative and adjustments are made as progress and needs become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different lifestyles. Video lets you work face to face when your schedule allows. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy days and keep momentum between longer sessions. These options help people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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