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Gabrielle Azmy, a California Trauma and Brainspotting Therapist providing counseling and treatment for PTSD and complex trauma

Gabrielle Azmy, LPCC #11186
she / her / hers

About Me.

I'm Gabrielle, a Certified Brainspotting therapist focused on helping you get unstuck from difficult emotions and past experiences so that you improve your relationships with yourself and others, and get to the life you want to lead.

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Together, we'll create a compassionate space where you can understand how past experiences have created the roots of anxiety, depression, stress, low self-worth, nervous system dysregulation, relationship difficulties, and triggers. 

 

I will help guide and support you in building tolerance to your emotions and pain, gain skills to support your nervous system, rework your relationship with yourself and address self-judgments, and provide mind-body interventions to heal past trauma.  

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If you're ready to understand yourself, break patterns that you can't seem to shake, and feel more connected in your life, you're in the right place.

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Whether you've been in therapy before and are seeking a different approach, or if you're ready to work on healing for the first time, an integrative approach can make a difference.

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For in-depth healing, we won't just be sitting around talking about things. 

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We'll use mind and body focused tools like somatics and brainspotting to help you heal unresolved trauma, release the body-based memories of difficult experiences, and re-connect you with your ability to be present and fully engaged in your life.

When brainspotting, we'll find eye locations or brainspots that correspond with emotional distress, memories, or somatic sensations. The occipital nerve gives us access to lower brain centers (subcortex and brain stem) to help you access emotional and sensory components of distressing memories and traumatic material.

 

We'll be allowing your mind and body to fully process these experiences, without overwhelming your system, so that the intensity or activation can decrease, your body can release nonverbal memories, and your nervous system can properly regulate around the triggers.

Education.

I graduated with my Bachelors of Science from Ohio State University. I majored in Psychology and minored in Neuroscience. I graduated with my Masters of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of San Diego (CACREP Accredited Program).

Specialized Trainings.

Brainspotting

    www.brainspotting.com

  • Brainspotting Phase 1 led by Lisa Larson

  • Brainspotting Phase 2 led by Lisa Larson

  • Brainspotting with Emergency Responders and Families led by Jennifer Alexander

  • Brainspotting & Parts Work led by Cynthia Schwartzberg & Cherie Lindberg

  • Brainspotting Intake & Assessment led by Lisa Larson

Applying Polyvagal Theory to Improve Client Outcomes, taught by Deb Dana, LCSW, PESI

Peter Levine's Trauma Master Class: Somatic Experiencing® in action with deep-rooted trauma, attachment wounds, and chronic pain, PESI

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Intensive Training

Experience.

I've worked at residential treatment centers for Veterans experiencing difficulties with substance use and homelessness, intensive outpatient treatment centers, residential treatment centers for individuals experiencing homelessness, and a holistic group practice. 

I've worked with first responders and veterans, as well as their spouses, and adults dealing with a wide range of symptoms. I'm also a first responder spouse.

The majority of my experience has been working with complex trauma and post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, life transitions, identity issues, and self-worth.

FAQs.

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