Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier, LICSW - Therapist in Minnesota

About Gabrielle

Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Minnesota. She offers a straightforward, client-centered approach and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and trauma. Gabbi keeps sessions practical and paced to each person's comfort level.

Gabbi draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to link thoughts and behaviors, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for mindfulness and distress tolerance.

Background and approach

These methods are used together to address mood disorders, relationship and attachment concerns, and issues like impulsivity and isolation. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of St. Thomas and experience across in-home, school, and residential treatment settings.

That variety gives her practice a flexible, real-world sense of what helps families and individuals cope with change. She has five years of clinical experience and holds a Minnesota LICSW. Gabbi has worked with people facing a wide range of concerns such as bipolar disorder, substance use, eating and body-image issues, dissociation, and parenting challenges.

She also supports work on abandonment, adoption and foster care topics, and communication or control issues. Sessions can use individual, group, or family formats depending on needs. Outside of clinical work she enjoys outdoor activities, working out, and spending time with family.

Prospective clients who want to start can follow the site's process to match and schedule a first session.

Credentials

LICSW (Minnesota): License 26530 · expires April 2027
NPI: 1891383956 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care

Gabbi often combines Attachment-Based Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and helps people understand emotional responses and connection needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps build clearer coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. DBT offers practical skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness that fit well into short skills practice and real-time coaching.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gabbi collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. She will check in about what is helping and adjust the plan so sessions feel useful and manageable.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer talks, phone can be lower bandwidth and easier for a quick check-in, live chat is useful for moments when writing helps process thoughts, and text messaging supports brief updates or between-session check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to practice new skills in everyday moments.

Frequently asked

What concerns can I bring to therapy?

Gabbi works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related issues such as abandonment, attachment, body image, and communication problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy alongside CBT and DBT skills to help people understand patterns and build practical coping tools.

What experience does she have?

Gabbi has five years of clinical experience working in in-home, school, and residential treatment settings. That range has informed her practical approach to common life and mental health challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker credential - MN LICSW - and practices from Minnesota.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin the process?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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