Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Gary works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT, LIMFT
- Licensed in
- California, Ohio
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gary
Gary Youssef is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 22 years of experience. He helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship and family concerns. Gary uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions and focuses on clear steps people can try between meetings.
He combines tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work to help clients spot patterns and test small changes. Motivational interviewing techniques are used to build momentum when someone feels stuck.
Background and approach
Systemic ideas help untangle family patterns that keep problems repeating. Gary has a background in outpatient child and family behavioral health and has worked in clinical and administrative roles. He draws on that experience when supporting parents, caregivers, and adults facing life transitions or chronic stress.
He aims for short-term gains as well as longer-term skill building. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Gary talks through realistic steps, teaches coping strategies, and helps people rehearse new responses to old triggers.
He also addresses related issues such as sleep, eating, work stress, and substance use when they affect daily functioning. Clients can expect a warm but direct approach that focuses on what works. Gary balances problem-solving with attention to feelings and relationships.
He lives in Ohio and provides care in English.
What Gary works with
Everything Gary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gary's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gary lists
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 change
Gary often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep or eating concerns. Solution-focused therapy appears in his work as brief, practical coaching that emphasizes strengths and small, achievable steps to move forward. Motivational interviewing is used to build readiness and commitment when someone feels stuck or is working on behavior change.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. Gary will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then choose techniques that fit those needs. That collaborative process means plans can be adjusted as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in sessions. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging support quick notes, short coaching, or follow-up between synchronous sessions, making it easier to fit care into a busy week.
Questions people ask about Gary
What kinds of problems does Gary help with?
He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, parenting and family issues, addictions, trauma, grief, and related concerns.
How would you describe his approach in session?
Gary uses practical, goal-focused work that blends cognitive behavioral tools with solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to help clients make small changes.
What sort of experience does he bring?
He has 22 years of clinical experience, including roles in outpatient child and family behavioral health and administrative positions supporting care delivery.
Where is Gary licensed and based?
He holds LMFT credentials in California and Ohio and practices from Ohio.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; he works with clients located where his licenses apply.
What session formats does he offer?
He meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and starting steps handled?
Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.