Gilbert is one of the fastest-growing family towns in the East Valley, and most of the people who call us from Gilbert are juggling the same things: school pick-ups, two working parents, a teenager who has gone quiet, or a marriage that has slipped into logistics. Virtual therapy lets you meet an Arizona-licensed therapist from your kitchen table after bedtime instead of adding one more drive to the week.
Wiser Counseling sees Gilbert adults, couples, teens 12 and up, and children 6 and up online, with evening and Saturday appointments and a Tempe office about 18 minutes up the US-60 if you ever want to meet in person.
You book a 50-minute session, receive a secure video link, and meet your therapist from anywhere in Arizona with a private room and a stable connection, which for most Gilbert clients means home, a parked car outside the office, or an empty conference room on a lunch break. There is no app to install and nothing is recorded.
Our standard hours are 8am to 7pm, Monday through Saturday, with Sunday sessions available on request. If you would rather start face to face, our Tempe office at 2131 E. Broadway Rd., Suite 1 is roughly 11 miles from central Gilbert, and many clients mix the two, meeting in person for a first session and moving online once the relationship is established.
One-on-one sessions for Gilbert adults and teens working through anxiety, depression, burnout, self-worth, or a life that looks fine from the outside and does not feel that way. Our clinicians draw on CBT, DBT and EMDR depending on what you bring, and several of them, including Kelsey Scott, LAC and Selina Rivera, LAC, specialize in adolescents 12 and up.
Couples sessions on one shared screen or from two locations when work schedules do not line up. Joshua DuBoise, LPC works with married and pre-marital couples, and Anna Liu, LCSW, our founder and clinical director, focuses on relationship patterns and burnout. Couples therapy is typically not covered by insurance; we quote the rate before you start.
Family sessions built around the household you actually have, including blended families, co-parents in different homes, and parents who want help with a struggling child. Ryan Roels, LMSW works with families with children and teens, and Ally Marcus, LCSW sees children as young as 6, so younger Gilbert kids are not turned away.
Depression in a busy household often looks like going through the motions: making the lunches, driving the carpool, and feeling nothing. Online sessions give you a protected hour each week to name what has gone flat and rebuild, step by step, the things that used to matter.
Anxiety shows up for Gilbert parents as the 2am mental checklist and for teens as stomach aches before school. We work with CBT and mindfulness skills you can practice between sessions, and we will teach the same tools to a parent when the client is a 12-year-old.
A panic attack in the Costco parking lot or in the middle of a work call is frightening, and the fear of the next one can shrink your world. Over video we map your triggers, practice grounding techniques in real time, and build a plan for the moments between sessions.
ADHD is one of the most common reasons families in Gilbert reach out, for a child who cannot finish homework or an adult who was never diagnosed. Hannah Goldberg, LMSW focuses on ADHD in adults and adolescents, and sessions concentrate on routines, follow-through, and emotional regulation rather than on labels.
Grief does not keep office hours. When a parent, a pregnancy, a marriage, or a long-held plan is lost, virtual sessions let you talk from the place you feel safest, without holding it together for a waiting room first.
Gilbert is full of people in transition: a move from out of state, a new baby, a first job after ASU, an empty nest. Therapy helps you adjust on purpose instead of by default, and sort out which parts of the change are grief and which are opportunity.
Most relationship problems are patterns, not villains. Whether you come alone or with your partner, we look at how conflict actually runs in your home, who withdraws and who pursues, and practice different moves in session before you try them at the dinner table.
Trauma, whether a single event or years of growing up on alert, changes how your body reads the present. Our EMDR-trained clinicians and trauma specialists, including Mallory Rigby, LPC and Tiffani Robinson, LAC, work at your pace, and EMDR adapts well to a secure video session.
OCD is about intrusive thoughts and the rituals that quiet them for a moment. Treatment uses evidence-based exposure and response prevention techniques, and doing that work at home, where the compulsions actually happen, is one real advantage of telehealth.
The first session is a conversation, not an interrogation. You tell your therapist what has brought you here, what you have already tried, and what a good outcome would look like for you or your child. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and point you to someone who is.
From that conversation your therapist writes a plan you can see: the concerns you want to work on, the approach (for example CBT for anxiety or EMDR for trauma), how often you will meet, and how you will both know it is working.
Sessions run 50 minutes over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video link. Choose a private spot, close the door, and treat it like an appointment, because it is one. Phone sessions are available when video is not practical.
Between sessions you will usually have something small to practice. Each week we check what worked, adjust what did not, and keep the focus on your goals rather than on filling the hour.
Before you log off, you and your therapist agree on the next appointment. Consistency is what makes therapy work, so we hold your slot, and we ask for 24 hours notice if you need to move it.
Online therapy is a strong fit for Gilbert parents who cannot add a 40-minute round trip to the day, for teens who open up more easily from their own room than in an office, for couples who can only find a shared hour after the kids are asleep, and for anyone in the Heritage District, Val Vista Lakes, Power Ranch, or further south toward Queen Creek who simply prefers not to drive.
It is not the right fit for everyone. If you or a family member is in crisis or needs a higher level of care, we will say so in the first conversation and help you find it.
Across the Phoenix metro, private-pay therapy typically runs about $80 to $250 per session depending on the clinician’s credentials and session length, and online sessions are priced the same as in-person ones. Some of our therapists are in network with Aetna, UnitedHealthcare/Optum, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna or UMR, depending on the clinician, and we give every Gilbert client a written cost estimate before the first session so there are no surprises. Couples therapy is typically self-pay. See our rates and insurance page or book a session and we will check your coverage.
Wiser Counseling is a group practice of sixteen Arizona-licensed therapists, founded and led by Anna Liu, LCSW, with offices in Tempe and Scottsdale and clients across the state. Rather than matching you to whoever is free, we match you to a clinician who works with your age group and your concern, whether that is a teen with anxiety, a couple preparing for marriage, or an adult processing trauma. Every therapist on our team page lists who they see and what they specialize in, so Gilbert families can choose with their eyes open.
No. Everything from the first session to ongoing care can happen online, and most of our Gilbert clients never visit an office. If you would like an in-person option, our Tempe office at 2131 E. Broadway Rd. is about 18 minutes from central Gilbert and our Scottsdale office is about 30 minutes, and you can switch between the two formats as life requires.
Yes. Most of our clinicians see adolescents 12 and older online, and Ally Marcus, LCSW sees children from age 6. A parent or guardian signs consent and joins the first conversation; after that, sessions are between your teen and their therapist, with parent check-ins built into the plan.
Yes. Every clinician at Wiser Counseling is licensed or licensed-associate in Arizona (LPC, LCSW, LMSW or LAC) and practices under clinical supervision where required. We are a counseling practice, not psychologists, and we do not provide psychological testing.
No. Wiser Counseling provides therapy only. If medication is part of your care, we will coordinate with your prescriber or help you find one, and your therapist can share progress notes with your consent.
Book a session online or call (602) 456-4150 and tell us a little about what is going on. We will match you with a therapist who works with your age group and concern, confirm your cost or insurance coverage up front, and usually have you in a first session within the week.
