Dr. Mark Gabel, LCSW

Dr. Mark Gabel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida with four decades of experience in social work. He has worked in many settings including psychiatric inpatient and outpatient care, hospice, long-term care, and community mental health. He also teaches in university social work programs and holds a PhD in Human Services with a specialization in social and community services.

He helps people manage stress and anxiety and addresses issues related to LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes. He also focuses on abandonment and attachment issues, communication problems, forgiveness, loneliness, life purpose, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and social anxiety.

In the therapy room he keeps things direct and practical. He listens to what people say, checks what is getting in the way, and works with them to try different approaches that fit their life. Sessions often involve talking through recent events, mapping unhelpful patterns, and practicing small changes people can try between meetings.

His long career includes work in hospitals, nursing homes, and community programs, plus a role as adjunct faculty in an online Bachelor of Social Work program. That background informs a clinical style grounded in everyday problems like work stress, caregiving, and relationship strains.

People who contact him should expect straightforward conversation about goals and steps forward. To begin, readers are asked to use the online process to answer a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.

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