About Giselle
Giselle DeGrafenreid is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 23 years of professional experience. She combines practical guidance with steady support to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, and anger. Giselle also addresses challenges around self-esteem and confidence.
She writes plainly and meets people where they are in their lives. Giselle sees each person as the expert on their own story. She helps people name what matters to them and then chooses steps that fit their goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, manageable changes rather than big promises. The work often includes talking through thoughts, practicing new responses, and planning realistic actions. Her background includes long-term clinical work with people facing mood disorders and emotional upset.
Over two decades she has supported people dealing with bipolar concerns, chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, and the strain of major life events like separation and midlife shifts. She also helps people with issues around money, control, impulsivity, and loneliness. Giselle pays attention to how past hurts show up today.
She helps people unpack abandonment, guilt, shame, and forgiveness so they can move forward. Communication problems and relationship stress are addressed by building clearer boundaries and practical skills. Sessions are offered in English and are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Fees vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
Evidence-based techniques delivered online
Giselle uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address anxiety and mood concerns. One common approach focuses on changing unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors in daily life. That method helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and then try small experiments to reduce anxiety or improve mood. Another approach emphasizes building clear communication and coping skills to manage anger, impulsivity, and relationship stress. That work teaches specific ways to respond in heated moments and to set boundaries that feel doable.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Giselle collaborates with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts methods over time based on what is helpful and what feels realistic for the person’s life.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy schedules and for those who prefer remote care. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for those who do better without video. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, homework support, and flexible communication between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting sessions into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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