Gabrielle Barrington , MD, LCPC

Gabrielle Barrington uses compassionate, client-centered care to help people navigate hard moments and build clearer direction. She brings seven years of clinical experience and holds an MD and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential. Gabrielle works with issues that commonly affect women, including stress, self-esteem, body image, and relationship or intimacy concerns.

Her sessions are conversational and practical. She listens for what matters most and helps people identify small, doable changes. Gabrielle emphasizes self-care, assertiveness, and discovering personal strengths as steps toward feeling more stable and confident.

Gabrielle also helps people uncover patterns rooted in attachment, family history, or past hurt. She uses techniques from attachment-based and emotionally focused approaches to strengthen emotional awareness and connection to self. Cognitive and skills-based tools are introduced when people need concrete ways to manage anxiety, mood, or impulsivity.

Clients can expect coaching mixed with reflective work. Gabrielle encourages clear goals and steady progress, with attention to everyday routines that support mental health. She prioritizes a warm tone and an approachable manner in sessions.

She offers online appointments from Maryland and works with English-speaking clients, including those outside the United States. Gabrielle guides people through life transitions, trauma recovery, parenting challenges, career decisions, and issues around identity and intimacy.

Online approaches that fit your needs

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behavior. It helps people understand patterns like fear of abandonment, codependency, or difficulty trusting close others and supports building more secure ways of relating.

Client-centered therapy keeps the conversation focused on the person's experience. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection so clients can clarify values, feel heard, and make choices aligned with their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact and teaches practical strategies for reducing anxiety, changing unhelpful habits, and improving mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Gabrielle will talk with each person about goals and preferences and recommend one or a mix of methods that best suit those needs. She collaborates on a plan that balances insight with skills practice.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual connection for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief, flexible support between meetings or a way to work without being on camera. These options help maintain continuity of care and adapt therapy to everyday demands.