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Hello! I am a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. I specialize in the medication management of the psychiatric conditions of adolescents and adults.

I specialize in helping adults struggling with parenting and other issues including: addiction, anxiety, trauma, depression and codependency. If you are overwhelmed and frustrated get in touch with me. l will help you with resources, tools and strategies.

Gold Coast Wellness and Psychiatry is a mental health practice dedicated to providing compassionate, personalized, and evidence-based care. We specialize in helping individuals manage conditions such as depression, trauma related disorders, anxiety, insomnia ADHD, and other psychiatric concerns through a holistic approach that blends medication management, psychotherapy, and wellness strategies. Our goal is to empower patients to achieve balance, improve their quality of life, and thrive in their daily lives.

Maybe you aren't getting as much joy from spending time with their loved ones, or the sunset doesn’t feel as striking as it once did.

We'll use a gentle, collaborative approach to help you explore your thoughts without judgment.

You can expect open communication, respect, and individualized care focused on helping them achieve lasting emotional balance and improved daily functioning.

Working with teachers, families, guidance counselors, and pediatricians."

I'm a licensed psychologist working with adolescents, adults, and seniors navigating anxiety, depression, grief, significant life changes, or challenges with attention and focus. My goal is to offer a safe, affirming space to explore your life, your story, and what matters most to you — your experiences, your values, and where you hope to go. You are a complex, whole person made up of many parts — and there is room here for all of them.

Ari Gabin is an LCSW who mentors his clients while staying ever cautious to their unique needs. It is a process that he has successfully mastered during his interactions with a culturally diverse population. In a therapeutic partnership, he uses strategies that enhance resilience and fortitude to help clients offset the turbulent times that plague the fibers of happiness.

His therapy style is warm, engaging, interactive, and collaborative. Each session is tailored to the client and treatment is based on individual needs. Each client is unique and requires a tailor-made treatment plan to help them reach their goal. He uses a myriad of theory and techniques, including CBT, DBT, interpersonal process therapy, emotion-focused therapy, existential therapy, crisis intervention, mindfulness, narrative therapy, psychodynamic theory, psychoeducation, and solution-focused therapy (among other modalities).

Specialties:

working with individuals, couples, children and families, including adolescents and adults suffering from depression, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma/abuse, divorce, family conflict, relationship issues, self-harm, suicidal ideations, and grief.

I am here to support you and create a safe, accepting space dedicated to your individual needs, whether you are seeking to process past or current experiences, learn coping techniques, challenge negative patterns, establish healthy boundaries, or improve your relationships.

It is natural and normal to sometimes feel confused, scared, angry, exhausted, lonely, empty, disconnected or overwhelmed by our ever changing life circumstances. The focus of our therapeutic collaboration will be to develop a plan tailored to your unique needs and goals. My person-centered philosophy focuses not only on life's struggles but building upon your strengths. I seek to develop a therapeutic relationship that is genuine, energetic, and meaningful.

My expertise includes, but is not limited to anxiety, depression, anger, body image, ADHD, complex trauma, intimacy, sexuality, grief, relationship, attachment, identity and life changes. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming, culturally competent, trauma sensitive, body positive, and sex positive. My commitment is to help you to achieve balance, clarity and liberation.

I provide telehealth both in English and Mandarin Chinese.

I have 25 yrs of experience in a variety of settings including emergency rooms, medical units, long-term care facilities & inpatient mental health units. I have provided hands-on case management, crisis intervention, discharge planning and end-of-life support as well as lead teams in those settings. My goal is to identify client's challenges that cause pain, sadness, frustration, anger and even confusion and help them move forward in living their lives to their fullest potential.