Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier, LICSW

Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who offers practical, straightforward therapy focused on what helps people day to day. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside other approaches to help clients notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Gabbi keeps sessions simple and goal-oriented so parents and busy adults can fit therapy into life.

Gabbi draws on five years of experience in settings such as in-home work, schools, and residential treatment centers. That background means she is familiar with concerns like depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, and obsessive thoughts. She has also spent time supporting parents around attachment and parenting skills.

Her style is client-centered. Clients set the pace and choose what to focus on. Gabbi mixes practical skills training with talking therapy so people learn new tools and also process difficult experiences.

She often uses CBT to link thoughts, feelings, and actions, and DBT skills for mindfulness and distress tolerance. She also draws from psychodynamic and solution-focused work when a concern needs a longer view or clear, short-term goals.

Gabbi works with a wide range of issues including grief, eating and body-image concerns, anger, ADHD, addiction, relationship strain, and mood problems. She offers sessions for people dealing with abandonment, attachment questions, dissociation, and isolation.

Based in Minnesota, she holds an MN LICSW and provides services in English. Outside of clinical work she enjoys time outdoors, exercising, and being with family.

Approaches that fit online care and daily life

Gabbi frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and then practice different responses. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day challenges where learning new habits helps reduce distress.

She also draws from Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, and from Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's goals and pace. Attachment work can help with relationship patterns and parenting concerns, while client-centered sessions let people lead the topics they find most important.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gabbi treats the choice of methods as a collaboration based on what you need, your goals, and what feels comfortable. She will adjust methods and pace as therapy progresses so the plan stays helpful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and skill practice. Phone fits shorter check-ins or times with limited bandwidth. Live chat and messaging allow for ongoing support between longer sessions and can be easier to use during a busy day. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into family life, work, or school schedules.