About Gala
Gala Oliver-Singh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of experience helping people navigate major life changes. She guides clients through stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain using practical, person-focused methods. Her work emphasizes taking active steps forward instead of staying stuck in old patterns.
Gala draws on her own experience of personal change to inform her approach. She earned a master’s degree in counseling and guidance from Louisiana Tech University and moved into counseling after working through her own challenges as a client.
Background and approach
That background shaped her interest in supporting people who face stigma or marginalization, including sexual and ethnic minorities. In sessions she centers the person rather than a single technique. Gala uses client-centered methods to listen and understand each person’s goals.
She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try out new responses in daily life. She has worked in outpatient clinics, schools, community programs, and domestic violence services. That variety means she is used to helping people with parenting stress, blended family issues, communication problems, and career or life-purpose questions.
Her experience includes group work and individual therapy across a range of ages. Gala aims for a collaborative, respectful tone. She focuses on small, achievable steps people can practice between sessions.
The goal is to build new habits and healthier ways of relating to change, not just to talk about it.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding your experience, and reflecting it back so you feel heard. It helps when you need a calm space to sort emotions and decide what changes matter most to you.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors you repeat and tests small changes to see what helps. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it gives clear exercises you can try between sessions to notice different results.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try methods that match those goals, and adapt as you go. This gives room to mix listening-focused work with practical CBT tools when that fits your needs.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let you meet face to face from wherever you are. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work for shorter check-ins, quick coping strategies, or if you want writing to help process thoughts. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit around school, work, or parenting demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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