About Gezhou
Gezhou Li is a licensed mental health counselor based in New York. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship questions, and trauma-related concerns. Gezhou takes a straightforward, practical approach.
She listens first and helps people name what they are feeling. From there she offers simple tools to manage mood, improve communication, or reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Her background includes a master of science in Mental Health Counseling and about eight years of clinical experience. That work has covered grief, addiction, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, career strain, and complications from cultural or immigration-related stress. Gezhou blends client-centered work with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, and hypnotherapy.
She aims to match techniques to each person's needs so sessions stay practical and focused on clear goals. Sessions are offered in multiple formats to fit different schedules and preferences. Gezhou helps people build self-awareness and steady skills so they can move toward more satisfying relationships, clearer self-understanding, and better day-to-day coping.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting, empathetic relationship. It helps people feel heard and guides choices about which techniques to try next.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping with stress by setting small, measurable goals.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a method used to reduce the hold of traumatic memories and the distress they cause. It can be helpful for people who have repeating intrusive memories or intense responses rooted in past events.
Gezhou treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with clients about goals and preferences, try techniques that fit the presenting problems, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The aim is to find a good match rather than force a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy work around daily life. Video calls let people work face to face, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works well for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options offer flexibility for scheduling and for how people want to engage in their work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese