Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier, LICSW
Experienced LICSW focused on practical skills
Book with GabrielleWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Gabrielle works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota who uses a client-centered approach. She focuses on helping people manage anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. Gabbi keeps sessions practical and tailored to each person’s needs.
Gabbi draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts and behaviors connect. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills like mindfulness and distress tolerance to build coping tools.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas inform her work with parents and people facing relationship or attachment challenges. She has five years of experience in varied settings, including in-home care, schools, and residential treatment centers. That background means she has worked with people dealing with trauma, substance use, mood disorders, and grief.
She has supported individuals across a wide age range in one-on-one, group, and family formats. Gabbi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from St. Catherine University and a Master of Social Work from the University of St.
Thomas, graduating in 2017. Her LICSW reflects her clinical practice in Minnesota. In sessions she centers the person’s goals and pace.
Clients set the direction and Gabbi brings tools from CBT, DBT, psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused work. Outside of therapy she enjoys being outdoors, exercising, and spending time with family.
What Gabrielle works with
Everything Gabrielle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gabrielle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Gabrielle lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Gabbi Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can use this approach to look at connection, trust, and parenting concerns and to build different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In remote sessions Gabbi helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns and practice small behavior changes that reduce distress.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Gabbi works collaboratively to figure out what fits a person’s goals and preferences. She will try methods, check what helps, and adjust plans so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and skills practice, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging make it easy to keep momentum between sessions or to check in during a busy day. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Gabrielle
What concerns does she help with?
Gabbi helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, and relationship or family issues. She also works with trauma, grief, eating concerns, ADHD, and related areas such as attachment and control issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is client-centered, meaning the person leads the work and sets the pace. She mixes CBT and DBT skills with attachment and psychodynamic ideas to create practical strategies.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of clinical experience in settings like in-home services, schools, and residential treatment centers. That experience includes work with trauma, substance use, mood disorders, and parenting support.
Where is she licensed and based?
Gabbi is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, MN LICSW, practicing from Minnesota.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.