Gail Amalfitano is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on practical, down-to-earth help.
01About Gail
Gail Amalfitano is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on practical, down-to-earth help. She draws on person-centered care and several evidence-based approaches to help people untangle stress, anxiety, mood problems, and issues tied to substance use. Gail writes plainly and aims to make therapy feel understandable and doable.
Gail has worked as a psychotherapist for nine years and brings that experience to common struggles like depression, bipolar symptoms, addictive behaviors, and grief.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with relationship conflict, parenting strain, feeling stuck in life, and problems with sleep or eating. Her work often addresses attachment and codependency concerns as well. In session she listens first, then helps people sort what matters most.
She mixes client-centered conversation with cognitive-behavioral tools, mindfulness, and brief, skills-focused methods. Gail shares reading suggestions, short videos, and handouts so people can practice between sessions and build new habits. She describes counseling as part listening, part problem solving, and part teaching.
Gail adapts the balance of those elements based on each person’s needs and feedback. She emphasizes respect, nonjudgment, and steady support while people work through painful or confusing experiences. Gail practices in Florida and holds the credential Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and also lists Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC.
She works in English and is available to work with international clients through online formats.
02Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH17062 · expires March 2027
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-23533 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1174038434 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gail lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Gail names
- 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
These are the methods Gail names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Gail often uses acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy when working online. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with depression, anxiety, sleep, and patterns that keep problems going.Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. Gail will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. She adjusts the balance of listening, skills practice, and problem solving based on what is helping most for that person.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into short breaks, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent when schedules or location change and let people use the format that best suits their routine and comfort.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Gail help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and mood issues like bipolar, as well as relationship, parenting, grief, sleep and eating concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical, combining listening with problem solving and teaching simple skills to use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Gail has nine years of experience working as a psychotherapist with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LMHC, and also lists LPC, and practices in Florida.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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