George Gifford

Greetings, I am an eleven-year Marine Corps veteran (2003 to 2014), experienced in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use disorders. My main approach is person centered with a spattering of CBT, ACT, and REBT. Feel free to chat with me a bit and see if we work well together. I am unable to hold in person sessions at this time as I am living in Georgia, but I do miss Boston and lived there from 2018 to 2024. I completed my master's in mental health counseling at Cambridge College in 2022, worked in a psychiatric hospital in a dual diagnosis role from 2022 to 2023, and moved on to community mental health where I worked as an outpatient clinician from 2023 to 2024, earning my licensure in December of that year. I took some time off from conducting therapeutic sessions due to a personal need. During that time, I worked with the Department of Social Services in South Carolina as a foster care case manager and later with a residential substance abuse treatment center at Johnson State Prison, Georgia. I am now back on the plate and ready to get back into hosting mental health therapy sessions remotely. Perhaps I will return to Massachusetts in the future.

Therapy, I often say, is a journey. We want to go somewhere. Somewhere better, an improvement. I am simply the one trying to help you find the map, compass, and bearing that brings you there. I can't take the helm for you, that is your job. Mine is to help you along the way. May I assist you in that journey?

We will get to know one another and discuss your interests, what you want to improve, how can I help you do so. We can discuss your previous experiences with therapy and what went well, and what could have gone better. We will need to discuss your symptoms so we can have a proper assessment so we can be ready for starting a treatment plan in the next session.