Bridget Gottlieb

Bridget Gottlieb is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage life changes and painful transitions. She holds a Master of Social Work and practices as an LMSW and LCSW. Her approach is practical and people-centered, with attention to emotions and everyday problems.

She uses straightforward, evidence-based methods to help people cope with anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. Sessions often include looking at thought patterns, building new coping skills, and practicing ways to stay grounded through stress. Bridget aims to make each visit feel useful and goal-oriented so progress is visible.

Bridget brings about 20 years of experience working with adults through major life events. Her work has included helping people adjust to chronic illness, caregiving stress, losses, parenting challenges, and workplace or financial strain. She also supports people dealing with eating concerns, addiction, and issues around intimacy or self-esteem.

In sessions she emphasizes collaboration and clear steps. She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and strengthen important relationships. The practical tools she offers include skills from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches as well as attention to attachment and emotion in relationships.

People who meet with Bridget can expect a steady, respectful approach and a focus on small changes that add up. She works from Michigan and conducts therapy in English. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

How Bridget’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and choosing actions that reflect personal values. It helps people manage anxiety, depression, and life transitions by teaching practical mindfulness and value-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve coping with stress, grief, and relationship problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions, and it helps people build more secure ways of relating and handling intimacy concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Bridget treats this as a team effort and will help figure out which methods fit a person’s goals, preferences, and everyday needs. She combines tools from different approaches when that makes sense and checks in to adjust the plan as clients make progress.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also supports continuity of care during life transitions, letting people keep momentum on skills and coping strategies between major events.