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Bianca G.

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

Great to meet you!

Healing can begin with considering how past experiences have shaped your view of self, emotional patterns, and relationships with others. Grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and the weight of patterns carried across a lifetime have a way of becoming invisible — so woven into daily life that they no longer feel like patterns at all. Just how things are now. You may have tried to push through, stay busy, or simply manage — and found yourself back in the same place, wondering why nothing seems to stick.

What most people don't realize is that the experiences keeping them stuck aren't just stored in memory — they live in the 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. This is where the real work happens — not just in understanding what you've been through, but in helping your nervous system finally catch up to what your mind already knows.

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. For clients carrying trauma, that steadiness matters more than almost anything else. You need someone who can hold the full weight of what you bring in without flinching — and keep showing up the same way, session after session.

What we build together goes beyond the therapy room. Complex relationship patterns, grief, and the slow erosion of self-confidence are connected — shaped by the same experiences, reinforcing the same conclusions about who you are and what you deserve. 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. It helps the nervous system process what the mind has struggled to integrate on its own — and when that happens, the change is felt, not just understood. Alongside EMDR, I draw on CBT, mindfulness, and somatic awareness, always tailored to the person in front of me. My approach is relational and direct in equal measure — I'm genuinely invested in your progress, and I bring both warmth and honesty to every session.

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 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 me, 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
    6 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
    Seniors, Adolescents, Adults
  • Languages
    English, Romanian
  • Locations
    16601 North 40th Street Ste 216
    Phoenix, AZ 85032
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