Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier, LICSW - Therapist in Minnesota

About Gabrielle

Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier uses a practical, client-centered approach to help families and parents manage stress and everyday struggles. She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, who focuses on clear skills and steady support. Gabbi keeps sessions straightforward and respectful.

She aims to help parents and caregivers find what works in real life. Gabbi has five years of experience in several settings, including in-home visits, schools, and residential treatment centers.

Background and approach

She has worked with people across a wide age range, using individual, family, and group therapy depending on the situation. That range of settings gives her experience with common parenting stresses and family challenges. Her clinical training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused methods.

In practice she uses those tools to teach coping skills, improve communication, and address trauma or mood concerns. Sessions often include skill-building, problem solving, and chances to practice new ways of relating. Gabbi also has specific experience supporting people facing grief, addictions, eating concerns, bipolar challenges, ADHD symptoms, and anger or self-esteem issues.

She has worked on attachment and parenting skills with caregivers and on clinical issues like dissociation, impulsivity, and substance use. Born and raised in Minnesota, she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at St. Catherine University and a Master of Social Work at the University of St.

Thomas in 2017. She holds MN LICSW 26530 and offers services in English. Gabbi aims to work collaboratively to figure out realistic steps that fit each family’s life.

Approaches that translate well to online family care

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes the ways relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps caregivers and children understand connection, repair, and trust by focusing on patterns between people rather than only symptoms.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect actions and mood. It teaches practical strategies to change thinking patterns, manage anxiety or depression, and build coping skills useful for everyday parenting challenges.

Gabbi will work collaboratively to find the right mix of approaches. She listens to your goals and preferences, then suggests techniques to try. Over time the plan is adjusted based on what helps you and your family most.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide options that fit busy family schedules. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and meet from home or another convenient location. The variety of ways to connect supports flexible, ongoing work on parenting, communication, and coping skills.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What issues can this therapist help with?

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, family and parenting issues, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, eating concerns, anger and self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is client-centered, which means sessions focus on what the client finds helpful. She combines that with practical techniques from CBT and DBT to teach skills and change unhelpful patterns.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience working in settings such as in-home care, schools, and residential treatment centers.

What credentials and region apply to this therapist?

She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with Minnesota license MN LICSW 26530 and practices from Minnesota.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for sessions?

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

How do I begin therapy with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 5 years
Licensed: Minnesota
Languages: English

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