Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier

Gabrielle (Gabbi) Schwenzfeier is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker practicing in Minnesota. Her licensure reflects advanced clinical training and state approval to provide independent therapy services (MN LICSW 26530).

Gabbi has provided care across a variety of settings, including in-home work, schools, and residential treatment centers. She has experience helping people affected by depression, anxiety, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance use concerns, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder, and she has supported parents with attachment and parenting skills.

Her clinical work has spanned a wide age range, from children as young as 2 to older adults up to 75, using individual, family, and group formats to address clients’ concerns. Gabbi’s approach is client-centered - she views each person as the expert on their own life and offers collaborative, paced care that goes as deep as the client feels comfortable exploring.

She draws from several therapeutic models to tailor treatment to each person’s needs, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to examine links between thoughts and behaviors, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to develop skills like mindfulness and distress tolerance, solution-focused therapy to set present-focused goals, and narrative techniques alongside CBT to process trauma.

Born and raised in Minnesota, Gabbi completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at St. Catherine University and earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of St. Thomas, graduating in 2017. If her posted schedule does not show the time you need, she invites potential clients to message her to try to arrange a workable appointment.

Outside of clinical work she enjoys spending time outdoors, exercising, and being with her family. She looks forward to working with people who seek support.