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Gail Roberson

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Gail Roberson, LPC

Missouri

LPC - Anger and relationship concerns

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Missouri / 001811; LPC, Arizona / LPC-22601
  • NPI1497730568
  • Experience35 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMissouri

About

  • ACT and CBT methods
  • DBT skills training
  • Solution focused work

About Gail

Gail Roberson is an LPC with 35 years of clinical experience based in Missouri. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship issues, and anger. She also supports people dealing with mood conditions, career difficulties, grief, and life transitions.

Gail describes her style as interactive and solution-focused. She listens without judgment and offers practical mental health tools people can use between sessions. She writes children's books and spends much of her time traveling in an RV, where she conducts remote sessions from a small office on the road.

Her approach draws on evidence-based methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She uses these methods to help clients notice unhelpful patterns, develop coping skills, and take small, manageable steps toward their goals. She also integrates attachment-based and client-centered ideas when relevant.

Gail frames therapy as both problem-solving and opportunity work. For some people the focus is reducing distress or managing anger and anxiety. For others the work shifts toward building healthier routines, clearer communication, or stronger emotional regulation skills.

She moved her practice to remote counseling more than five years ago and prefers that format now. Gail notes that working remotely can help clients engage more quickly in the work and often reduces the number of sessions needed to address concerns. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to remote sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then focus on actions that align with their values. It can be helpful for anger that comes from avoiding uncomfortable emotions or from rigid thinking patterns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It suits issues like anxiety, depression, anger at work, and coping with life changes by teaching concrete skills to test and change patterns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal communication. These skills are useful when strong emotions lead to impulsive reactions or repeated conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That conversation usually happens in early sessions and can be adjusted over time as goals change.

Gail practices via remote counseling, so confirm the specific session formats before booking. Remote work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for different pacing such as shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to practice skills between sessions and bring real-life examples into the conversation.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Domestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Imago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

35+ years

Listed in

Missouri, Arizona

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, relationship and family concerns, grief, anger, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related struggles.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is interactive and solution-focused; she listens without judgment and teaches practical tools clients can use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 35 years of clinical experience working in mental health settings and private practice.

What credentials and location information apply?

She is an LPC with licensure in Arizona and Missouri and practices from Missouri.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are used?

She transitioned to remote counseling and conducts sessions remotely; confirm the available formats before booking.

How are costs handled?

Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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