Key details
- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, California / 112539
- NPI1558938183
- Experience30 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationCalifornia
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- Practical coping skills
About Bonnie
Bonnie Giles is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 30 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting, and anger. She also supports people facing career strain, caregiving stress, and life changes.
Bonnie uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods. Sessions aim to identify patterns that fuel anger and turn them into manageable steps. Conversations focus on practical coping skills, clearer communication, and strategies for regulating intense emotions in daily life.
She has worked with veterans, caregivers, and older adults, and offers support around end-of-life and hospice concerns. Her practice includes attention to impulsivity, dissociation, and grief tied to major losses. Bonnie also addresses guilt, shame, and issues that affect self-esteem.
Therapy blends skill-building with reflective work. Clients can expect to practice techniques in session and get suggestions they can try between meetings. The emphasis is on learning straightforward tools for handling snapping, resentment, workplace frustration, and repeated patterns that lead to angry outbursts.
Sessions draw on established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build resilience and clearer self-understanding. Bonnie describes her style as direct and faith-informed when relevant to the client. People who want pragmatic ways to reduce reactivity and improve relationships may find this approach helpful.
How sessions work
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Bonnie commonly draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that teach skills and change patterns. One approach focuses on emotion regulation skills to help people notice physical signs of anger, slow escalation, and use concrete strategies to calm down. This helps with snapping responses, impulsivity, and intense workplace reactions.Another strand centers on trauma-informed methods that gently track how past experiences shape current anger. That work clarifies triggers and builds safer ways to express strong feelings. Both approaches use practical exercises and short skill practices that can be done between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Bonnie will help clients and therapists decide which techniques fit a person’s goals, concerns, and preferences. That exploration is part of the first sessions and may shift as progress is made.
The biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a workday, reduce commuting time, and let clients try brief check-ins when life is busy. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises to suit a virtual session, so clients can learn and practice the same skills they would in person.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She helps people manage snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, built-up resentment, and impulsive reactions. Anger is listed among several mood and behavior concerns she treats.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is direct and faith-informed when clients want that element included. She focuses on practical steps, skills practice, and clearer communication.
How much experience does she have with complex cases?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience, including work with trauma, mood disorders, caregiving stress, and hospice-related issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices in California.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients. She conducts work in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.