Gilbertte Berthier, LCSW

Gilbertte Berthier is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience in mental health and school settings. She uses a warm, nonjudgmental style and centers the person first. Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, and self-esteem issues. She brings practical strategies to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping tools, and gradual steps forward. She blends evidence-based methods with clients' values, including faith when relevant, and adapts the conversation and plan to each person’s needs. Gilbertte has supported people facing anger, ADHD, life changes, and grief from separation or divorce. She also addresses abandonment, attachment, body image, codependency, communication problems, caregiver stress, and parenting stresses such as fatherhood issues. Her ways of working include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. Those approaches are used to reduce distress, improve connection, and build skills for everyday life. She aims to make the first steps manageable when the next step feels unclear. The focus is on small, real changes that add up to better days and stronger relationships. Gilbertte invites people ready to try a different path to reach out and begin the process.

Therapeutic approaches used in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing those thoughts with practical exercises to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center and emphasizes empathy and collaboration to help people feel heard and make changes they want. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gilbertte will discuss these methods with each person and help choose what fits the client's needs, goals, and preferences. The process is collaborative and may combine elements from several approaches over time. Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, because the biography does not list them explicitly. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more flexible check-ins when needed. It also lets people keep therapy in the rhythm of their everyday life while working on skills for handling relationships, stress, trauma, and other concerns.