About Gail
Gail Amalfitano is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on practical, person-centered care. She offers calm guidance for people feeling overwhelmed by mood changes, anxiety, substance concerns, grief, or life transitions. Gail aims to create an open space where clients can talk, be heard, and try new ways of coping.
She uses an adaptable mix of evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches.
Background and approach
Sessions often include straightforward tools - short exercises, reading suggestions, and simple behavioral steps to practice between meetings. Gail also provides handouts and video or article recommendations to help people learn about issues they face. Initial sessions focus on gathering clear information about the problem and the client’s goals.
From there she blends listening, problem solving, and practical skill-building. She adjusts how much therapy involves teaching, coaching, or emotional support according to each person’s needs. Gail has nine years of clinical experience and holds the credential Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, as well as Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC.
She works with adults on a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, parenting strain, relationship and communication problems, and attention-related challenges. Sessions take place online using video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life.
Gail works in Florida and conducts sessions in English, and she is available to work with international clients when scheduling allows. Her style is nonjudgmental and direct. She values honest feedback and adapts to each person’s pace so therapy stays useful and focused on real-life results.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It helps people move past stuck thinking and commit to small steps that matter in daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns because it gives concrete exercises to practice between sessions.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Gail will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts balance between listening, skills coaching, and problem solving so the plan fits what someone needs right now.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging works well for brief updates, quick skills coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to follow through with regular sessions and practice new skills between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Arizona
- Languages
- English