Dr. Chris Gioielli

I am a licensed psychologist offering individual psychotherapy to adults. I have extensive experience and education in the fields of psychology and spirituality. My area of specialty is treating patients who have experienced abuse, trauma, and pain connected to their religious and spiritual backgrounds. I work with pastors, missionaries, and seminary students, but also those who identify within the LGBTQ+ community, exvangelical community, and those who no longer practice a form of faith due to the painful experiences they’ve encountered. I also work with patients experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma, as well as relational conflict, emotional detachment, and general mental health concerns. My hope is to partner with you to help you understand yourself, deepen your relationships with others, and achieve relief from your suffering. I work hard to gain your trust and partner with you to co-create a journey toward healing. My therapeutic approach is heavily influenced by my training in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). ISTDP is an active, powerful, and effective form of psychotherapy that utilizes experiences in the therapeutic relationship for deep and meaningful healing. ISTDP is an evidence-based form of treatment that has been proven to be effective for many emotional and relational concerns. It is focused on helping to identify and counter the automatic ways you’ve learned to avoid painful feelings and experiences which keep you stuck and suffering. By helping you connect to buried emotions and experiences, rather than avoid them, you can reunite to the embodied expression of these feelings, experience relief, build deeper intimacy with others, and gain peace within yourself.