Bridget Gottlieb

Bridget Gottlieb is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical help for big life changes. She holds LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker) and LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) credentials and brings two decades of clinical experience. She speaks English and works with people in Michigan.

Bridget uses a person-centered style that focuses on the person first. She blends cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people manage intense feelings. She also draws on attachment-based and dialectical behavior approaches when relationships and emotion regulation are central to the problem.

Common concerns Bridget supports include stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She also helps with addictions, self-esteem struggles, career stress, compassion fatigue, and many long-term health or caregiving challenges.

Sessions include practical skill-building, noticing and adjusting unhelpful thinking, and working toward values-based actions. Bridget emphasizes small, concrete steps so progress can be seen between visits. She encourages clients to name goals and track steady changes over time.

Her background includes many years working with people facing transitions such as loss, illness, new caregiving roles, and changes at work or home. Bridget aims to create a space where someone feeling overwhelmed can find tools, hope, and a clear plan for the next steps.

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Bridget commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy as part of her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values, noticing difficult thoughts and feelings, and choosing actions that move someone toward what matters. It can help when life changes make decisions or motivation feel blurred. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions today and can help when trust, closeness, or repeated relationship conflicts are causing pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bridget and a client decide together which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the mix of skills, reflection, and relationship-focused work as progress and challenges emerge, keeping the plan practical and goal-oriented.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let someone meet with a licensed professional from different places within Michigan. These practical benefits help people maintain momentum during transitions without promising a specific format.