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Bianca G.

Therapist
7 years of experience
  • Virtual & in-person
  • Anxiety, Depression, Grief or loss, Trauma, PTSD
  • Individual therapy

Great to meet you!

Being human is hard. In the daily, grinding way that grief accumulates and anxiety takes root. In the way experiences you never fully processed begin to define how you see yourself and everyone around you. You may not feel broken. You may just feel weary. Tired of patterns that don’t make sense, of relationships that keep arriving at the same place, of trying hard and still feeling stuck. That exhaustion is worth taking seriously, and it’s exactly where this work begins.What you may not realize is that the experiences keeping you stuck aren’t only stored in memory. They live in your body. In the tension you hold without knowing it. In the way your breath shifts in certain rooms, around certain people, in certain moments that shouldn’t feel as heavy as they do. Understanding what happened matters. But helping your nervous system finally catch up to what your mind already knows, that’s where something actually shifts.I bring a particular kind of presence to this work: calm, grounded, and genuinely unshakeable. Not because the hard stuff doesn’t land, but because it doesn’t destabilize me. I also understand that your trauma and your identity are rarely separate. How you’ve been shaped by your cultural background, your community, the expectations placed on you, all of it lives in the room with us. I bring genuine attunement to that complexity, and I hold it with the same steadiness I bring to everything else.What we build together goes beyond the therapy room. Your relationship patterns, your grief, the slow erosion of your self-confidence, these are connected. Shaped by the same experiences, reinforcing the same conclusions about who you are and what you deserve. Together we’ll trace those connections, understand what your nervous system has been protecting, and build something more sustainable than simply getting through the day.

My approach to therapy

Becoming a Certified EMDR Therapist changed the way I understand what healing actually requires. Some experiences don’t resolve through insight or conversation alone. They live in reflexive responses, in the body’s memory, in the gap between knowing something intellectually and feeling it shift. EMDR works precisely there, helping your nervous system process what your mind has struggled to integrate on its own. When that happens, the change is felt, not just understood. Alongside EMDR, I draw on CBT, mindfulness, and somatic awareness, always tailored to who you are and what you need. I’m relational and direct in equal measure. I’m genuinely invested in your progress, and I’ll bring both warmth and accountability to every session. If something isn’t working, I’ll say so. If you’re avoiding something important, I’ll name it, with care, but honestly.

What you can expect from me

The first session is less about having the right answers and more about beginning to understand the right questions. I’ll want to know what’s bringing you in, what you’ve already tried, and what’s felt missing. You won’t leave with a diagnosis or a neat treatment plan. You’ll leave with a clearer sense of whether this feels like the right fit and a beginning sense of what we might work toward together. I’m direct without being clinical, warm without being passive. What you can expect from the very first session is someone who is fully present, genuinely curious, and already invested in what comes next.

About me

  • I identify as
    Other Racial or Ethnic Background, Cisgender Woman
  • My style is
    Warm, Participatory, Challenging

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    7 years of experience
  • Training
    MSW (Master of Social Work) at University of Calgary
  • License type
    LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (Arizona)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania - Virtual National Network, Oscar, Oxford, United Healthcare

Cost

Care details

  • More specialties
    ADD/ADHD, Bipolar disorder, OCD, Family issues, Stress management, Cultural & ethnic issues, Relationship issues, Women's issues, Identity issues, Chronic conditions
  • Therapy methods
    Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Strength-Based, Trauma Focused CBT, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Care types
    Individual therapy
  • Ages served
    Children, Seniors, Adolescents, Adults
  • Languages
    English, Romanian
  • Locations
    16601 North 40th Street Ste 216
    Phoenix, AZ 85032
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