Gabriella StumpfLICSW

Gabriella Stumpf is a LICSW who brings eight years of clinical work to her practice. She draws on personal experience with mental illness and a background in different care settings to shape each meeting. Gabriella aims to meet people where they are and offer steady, practical support.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She helps people name what feels hardest, sort through options, and try doable steps between sessions. Conversations focus on concrete problems like stress, anxiety, parenting strains, grief, relationship trouble, and changes in mood or behavior.

Gabriella uses several therapy approaches depending on the concern. She may look at attachment patterns to understand relationship difficulties, use cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, or bring mindfulness practices into short exercises for managing stress. Narrative work and motivational interviewing also inform how she helps people find direction and build motivation.

Clients describe practical check-ins, real-life coping tools, and attention to the story behind symptoms. Gabriella also works with issues tied to family history, adoption and foster care, caregiver strain, addiction, and eating-related concerns. She pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns.

Based in Minnesota, Gabriella offers sessions in English and is open to international clients. She asks new people to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling so she can understand goals and tailor an initial plan. The focus is on clear steps that fit into daily life.

How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness. In sessions this can mean talking through patterns in relationships and practicing new ways of connecting or asking for support.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Gabriella may help identify unhelpful thinking, test different interpretations, and build small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment with simple exercises. Short breathing or grounding practices can help with stress, overwhelming emotions, or getting unstuck during pregnancy and parenthood transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Gabriella will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they can try an approach and adjust if something doesn’t fit, keeping the process flexible and goal-focused.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when life is hectic. It also lets people continue care across moves or when living outside Minnesota, with the therapist helping decide how to structure sessions so they work in everyday life.