Healing Towards Wholeheartedness
Gavriele Greenwald Counseling is a private therapy practice focused on walking alongside clients as they process traumas, grief, family-of-origin issues, military life, and more through practices such as person-centered, narrative, cognitive behavioral therapy, and lifespan integration.
The passion of my practice is rooted in the belief that YOU are the navigator of your own journey. My role as a counselor is in creating a safe space in which healing and growth may take place.
Individual Therapy
A one-on-one joint process between you and I. There may be many reasons to seek this kind of therapy, the most common may be to inspire change or improve quality of life. People seek individual therapy for help with issues that are hard to face alone and that is where I come in.Individual therapy can help people overcome obstacles for their well-being. It has the potential to increase positive feelings like compassion and self-esteem. People in therapy can learn skills for handling difficult situations, making healthy decisions, and reaching goals. Many find the therapeutic journey of becoming more self-aware fulfilling. Some people even go to ongoing therapy for self-growth.
Couples Therapy
A form of therapy that focuses on partners in an intimate relationship and the mental and emotional health of the individuals. Couples counseling, also known as marriage counseling, relationship counseling, or couples therapy, can be beneficial for partners considering separation or seeking improved intimacy and understanding. While the relationship itself is the main focus in couples counseling, the individual partner takes an important role. Each partner is given the opportunity to focus on one another as well as time for self-improvement and self-awareness.
Hello! I’m Gavi.
Licensed Therapist
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It is my passion to walk alongside people as they engage in their story and their own healing. The journey that people find themselves on is one worth exploring and diving into. Your story matters, and I believe has purpose and meaning.
Prior to settling down in Whatcom County, I found a sense of home and community in the military base, something new to me due to my family moving around so often.
Environments, like that of military bases, do an amazing job of creating a small sense of home amidst new places where everyone is a transplant. It was something I hadn’t experienced anywhere else, and it was this sense of home, belonging and connection that stirred my passion for working in the field of counseling and therapy.
In 2018 I received my M.A. in Counseling. Since then I’ve concentrated most of my time in working within residential settings, community mental health, families, adults, teens, homeless shelters, and crisis work.
“Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.” – Brené Brown
My Therapy Techniques
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach that helps you break down your thoughts and distortions in the way you think to have a more clear and aware thought process to help change behavior.
Lifespan Integration
Lifespan Integration is an approach that is sensitive to your trauma and addresses it gently. It’s not invasive. With its gentle approach, you are able to reprocess your trauma and it will actually help you to rewire the connections in your brain.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy helps you to explore who you are within your story and how you want that to be moving forward. It helps you to identify your beliefs and value system to help you navigate future scenarios with intentionality and awareness.It also helps you to re-narrate your past.
Person-Centered Counseling
Person-centered counseling is an approach acknowledging that you are the expert on your own story and that you have the answers internally. Therapy helps you to navigate and explore these answers of self-discovery.
Our Home
bellingham, washington
In the midst of a booming mountain range and lively ocean ecosystem, Bellingham, Washington is my chosen home. Originally from the East Coast, something about the Pacific Northwest painted a picture of comfort and fresh beginnings and from the first moment I arrived, I knew I was here to stay.
My practice is located in Fairhaven, just a short walk from the Village Green.
Our Home
bellingham, washington
In the midst of a booming mountain range and lively ocean ecosystem, Bellingham, Washington is my chosen home. Originally from the East Coast, something about the Pacific Northwest painted a picture of comfort and fresh beginnings and from the first moment I arrived, I knew I was here to stay.
My practice is located in Fairhaven, just a short walk from the Village Green.
Getting Started is Easy
Call My Office
Call for a quick and easy discussion about booking an appointment or consultation with me about why you are seeking counseling.
Consultation
This free consultation is the perfect opportunity for us to meet to discuss your needs and determine if Gavriele Greenwald Counseling is right for you.
Schedule Your Intake
A 50-90 min appointment, depending on the type of counseling needed, in which we go over what to expect in all our time together.
What to Expect in Our First Session
Our first session together will heavily focused on doing general intake tasks. I will need you to fill out the paperwork, hear your general story, and work out the best path for us to proceed together. Sessions following will get more into the depth of what you are wanting to work on. This initial meeting is to get to know who you are and how best I can help you.
My Approach
Because the nature of how people operate is so vastly different person to person, I tend to take an eclectic approach to cater to individual needs. Having an array of techniques, I assess the reasons you are seeking counseling as well as your personality to figure the best way to facilitate our sessions.
As we get more sessions under our belt and we become more familiar with each other as well as understanding of the process, I absolutely welcome any and all feedback on what is or is not working for you.
What To Do If You are In Crisis
If you are currently in crisis, I strongly recommend reaching out to the Volunteers of America. Below is some information from their website as well as how to get help.
What is Crisis
Crisis can affect anyone at any time. The need for emotional support or referral assistance is something most individuals encounter at some point in their lives.
If you are currently in crisis and in need of immediate please reach out to the Volunteers of America.
Crisis Services
The Volunteers of America 24-Hour Crisis Line offers emotional support and crisis intervention to individuals in crisis or considering suicide. In addition to the 24-Hour Crisis Line, they also offer crisis services through their online Care Crisis Chat. Their chat service offers an outlet for people that prefer communication online rather than by telephone.
Call 1-800-584-3578 or chat now.
If you are in Crisis, please call 1-800-584-3578 or chat online with one of the amazing Volunteers of America.
You can also speak with someone at the Crisis Text Line by texting ‘HOME’ to 741741
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s included in the Free Consultation?
The Free Consultation is a process in which we decide if I am a good fit for your counseling needs.
How do I set an appointment with you?
Easy! Just give me a call to set an appointment at 360-328-7040
Do I need to bring anything with me for my Free Consultation?
No, just bring yourself and any questions you might have for me.
What happens if I call and reach your voicemail?
If you reach my voicemail, don’t panic, I will return your call as soon as possible. But please, leave me a voicemail with instructions on how to call you back.
Do I need to bring anything with me to my Intake Appointment?
Please print out this paperwork, fill it out and bring that to your first appointment.
Contact Me
For interest in your privacy and well being, all communication to and from me will be over the phone. This is for your privacy and protection
For emergencies call 911 or visit your nearest hospital
