- 32 years experience
- Focus on addictions
- Attachment informed
About Gabriel
Gabriel Kajeckas is a licensed clinical social worker with over 32 years of practice. He holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential in Virginia and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Clinical in Maryland. Gabriel focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and sleep difficulties through straightforward conversation and practical steps.
He works with people facing relationship strain, family conflict, grief, and issues that trace back to family of origin. Gabriel also addresses eating concerns, process and sex addictions, and compassion fatigue. He aims to help clients identify their strengths and use them to move forward.
Gabriel often uses approaches that look at how early connections shape current behavior. He combines that with tools that help change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Motivational interviewing and trauma-informed methods are part of his toolbox when motivation or past hurts are in focus.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Gabriel helps people set small, achievable steps and notices progress along the way. He encourages honest talk about what is working and what needs to change.
People who prefer a pragmatic, steady guide may find his style helpful. He invites those who are ready to take the first step to try a short matching process and schedule a session to see if it fits.
Approaches that translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now. It helps when patterns from the past show up in current relationships and daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, sleep problems, and stress by creating practical experiments to try between sessions. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing past hurts in a paced way so those memories stop driving present reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gabriel will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend or combine methods that seem most useful. That collaborative decision-making helps tailor the process to individual needs.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what online formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone keep therapy going while living or traveling outside the therapist's local area. Licensed professionals adapt tools like CBT exercises, attachment-focused conversations, and motivational interviewing to the online setting so progress can continue across different life routines.
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Experience
32+ years
Credentials
Virginia, Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other areas.
How does he approach therapy?
He blends attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and trauma-focused methods to create practical steps clients can try between sessions.
What is his professional background?
He brings 32 years of experience working with individuals on long-standing relationship and addiction concerns as well as family of origin wounds.
Where is he licensed to practice?
He is licensed as an LCSW in Virginia and as an LCSW-C in Maryland and practices out of Virginia.
In which languages can sessions take place?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered at the time you schedule.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.