About Gretchen
Gretchen Dison is a licensed professional counselor in Louisiana with five years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. Gretchen frames the work around each person’s strengths and goals.
She offers steady support while people make changes at their own pace. Her approach centers on listening first. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and asks clear questions to understand what matters most.
Background and approach
From there she blends client-centered conversation with practical tools to ease symptoms and build daily routines that work. Gretchen uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to see what changes. She also leans on client-centered methods to create space for exploration, acceptance, and self-compassion.
Both approaches are applied in a straightforward, down-to-earth way. Typical concerns she addresses include panic attacks, social anxiety, trouble sleeping, feelings of isolation, guilt or shame, and difficulty with control or communication. She also supports people coping with life purpose questions, forgiveness, and rebuilding self-love after hard times.
Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings. Conversations aim to reduce immediate distress and build long-term skills. Gretchen invites people who are ready to try things differently to begin with a short matching process and scheduling step.
How client-centered work and CBT translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach start with the client's goals and values, then shape conversations around those priorities so people feel heard and seen.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small changes in behavior. In an online format this often means setting short experiments between sessions, tracking mood and sleep, and practicing new responses in everyday situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether client-centered conversation, CBT techniques, or a mix of both fits best. Goals, comfort with different methods, and the issues people bring guide those choices.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief reflections, or when writing helps process feelings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy days.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English