University of Maryland, Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy
University of Maryland, PhD in Maternal and Child Health

Currently licensed in MD, NH, DC, VA & FL

Adolescent/ young adult issues (i.e. navigating academics, peer relationships, bullying, self-esteem, and romantic relationships), anxiety, depression, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, infertility, adoption, reproductive loss, couples counseling, family counseling, divorce, co-parenting support, personal growth, and communication issues.

Gabriela Brockett is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist specializing in providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families at various transition points in their lives. She has experience working in multiple settings, including the Montgomery County School System, community mental health, and in private practice.

Gabriela works with adolescents as they navigate these pivotal years where they have to make many decisions that shape the trajectory of their lives, new parents as they step into this role that is both incredibly rewarding and often times also incredibly challenging, and families in the process of separation or divorce. Gabriela is a member of the Maryland Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and is a trained co-parent coach and parent
coordinator.

In her role as a co-parent coach and parent coordinator, she can help clients:

• Learn strategies to better manage and regulate emotions
• Learn strategies to better communicate with your co-parent in a child-
  oriented way
• Develop communication protocols that can be used long-term
• Create a parenting plan

As a co-parent coach or parent coordinator, she strives to empower her clients to move beyond conflict and build a cooperative, child-focused co-parenting relationship by providing tools, resources, and support to help parents communicate more effectively, establish healthy boundaries, and create consistency across households.

Whether a transition is chosen and actively pursued or thrown at you when you least expect it, these moments in life are often quite overwhelming and come with feelings of anxiety, many decisions, and self-doubt. I know the enormous impact that social support, guidance, and resources can have in these moments, and I strive to work with my clients to support them through whatever they are going through. I aim to create a space in sessions where clients can explore their emotions and develop new patterns of thinking, behaving, and interacting with others to achieve long term happiness and health.