Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Giselle works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Giselle
Giselle Jarvis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She offers therapy in English and Spanish and brings five years of professional practice in California. Giselle aims to create a down-to-earth space where people can talk about what's overwhelming them and find clearer ways forward.
She uses straightforward techniques to address anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and mood challenges including bipolar disorder.
Background and approach
Her work also covers family problems, caregiver stress, immigration concerns, and struggles with impulsivity or obsessive behaviors. Giselle’s experience includes supporting people facing panic attacks, postpartum depression, and isolation or loneliness. Giselle learned social work and psychotherapy through graduate study and clinical practice in California.
As an LCSW she has worked with a wide range of people and diagnoses, including mood disorders, trauma and some neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive conditions. Her background includes applying behavioral strategies and memory-based music methods with certain clients. In sessions she keeps language simple and practical.
People can expect to try tools such as mindfulness, behavioral activation, and cognitive techniques to change unhelpful patterns. She also uses skills drawn from dialectical behavior ideas and exposure work when they fit the problem. Giselle welcomes a collaborative relationship where goals are set together.
She invites people who are ready to address anger, stress, or life transitions to connect and explore a plan that fits their daily life.
What Giselle works with
Everything Giselle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Giselle's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches for managing strong emotions online
Giselle commonly draws on mindfulness-based practices to help people notice their thoughts and bodily signals without reacting immediately. Mindfulness can help reduce reactivity and make anger or anxiety easier to understand and manage.She also uses cognitive techniques to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns that fuel distress. These methods focus on practical steps people can use between sessions to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thoughts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to concerns, try methods that match your goals, and adjust techniques based on what helps most. Clients and therapist collaborate on goals and the tools used to reach them.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill practice. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and skill coaching possible between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into their routines and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Giselle
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, as well as mood concerns like bipolar disorder and panic attacks. Additional focus areas include family problems, caregiver stress, obsessions and compulsions, and immigration-related stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques delivered in a clear, conversational way. Expect mindfulness, cognitive strategies, behavioral activation, and skills from dialectical approaches when they fit the goals.
What is her professional background?
She holds a License in Clinical Social Work and has five years of clinical experience in California working across a range of diagnoses and life challenges.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in California and holds the credential LCSW, which is noted here as CA LCSW.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can sessions be done online or by phone?
Yes. Session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.