How Gail works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Florida, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gail
Gail Amalfitano is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people gain clarity and manage strong emotions. She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and brings nine years of clinical experience to her work. Gail uses practical tools to help people troubled by stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, and anger.
Her sessions begin by gathering clear information about what’s happening for each person. She listens closely and helps people name the patterns that keep causing pain.
Background and approach
Then she blends talking, teaching, and hands-on strategies to reduce distress and build new skills. Gail draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and to build values-based action. She also uses attachment-focused ideas and client-centered ways of relating to help people feel understood and steady.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are added when people need stronger emotion regulation tools. She often provides short exercises, reading suggestions, worksheets, and videos between sessions. These resources are meant to reinforce new coping skills and make progress faster.
Gail adapts the mix of coaching, problem-solving, and skill practice to each person’s needs. People who reach out can expect a nonjudgmental and practical approach. Gail emphasizes collaboration, regular feedback, and clear steps toward change.
Her goal is to help people feel more in control, less overwhelmed, and more able to move forward.
What Gail works with
Everything Gail lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gail's practice.
- 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
Approaches Gail lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that focus on skills and values
Gail often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then take small steps toward what matters to them. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and persistent anger when people want to live by their values rather than by their fears.She also relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that feed distress. CBT provides concrete exercises to practice between sessions and is helpful for symptoms like negative thinking, anxiety, and sleep troubles. Attachment-based ideas are woven in to help people improve how they relate to others and understand patterns that started in earlier relationships.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Gail will talk about different methods and tailor the plan to the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. She encourages open feedback so adjustments can be made as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quick check-in fits a lunch break. Chat and messaging are useful for short updates, tracking homework, or steady contact between live meetings.
Questions people ask about Gail
What concerns does Gail address in sessions?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, trauma, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She mixes talking, teaching, and practical exercises to build skills and change unhelpful patterns.
What experience does she bring?
Gail has nine years of experience as a psychotherapist and uses that background to guide treatment choices and offer tools that fit each person.
Which credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LMHC and LPC and practices from Florida with credentials noted as FL LMHC and AZ LPC.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.