Deborah Gallo

My Experience

I was isolating myself and very depressed. Gallo taped into our shared Italian heritage and family dynamics to move on to healing .. culturally family members expect you to grief a certain way and when I wasn’t it created a very hostile environment. Gallo explained that I needed to voice what I needed from family and ask for help. Not all members were supportive but the ones that were are now my support

My Experience

Deborah was amazing, some of the homework was difficult for me including the loss graph and we completed it together. She was very empathic and used her own personal examples and allowed me to feel connected in my own grief journey. She was easy to talk to and I often looked forward to our sessions. I would highly recommend her to anyone.

My Experience

My instructor demonstrated exceptional professionalism and sensitivity towards my situation. Her attentive listening, understanding, and responsive approach were invaluable throughout our sessions. I found them to be significantly more beneficial than traditional therapy, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I intend to return for additional grief/loss sessions focused on family members.

My Experience

Deborah was so helpful! I continued to see her after the completion of the program, even in the present, so now she has been my therapist for almost a year and a half. I am so grateful for her expertise and support!

My Experience

My therapist is Italian, grew up in an Italian fist generation Italian family, which is exactly like my husband. My father in law died very young and also hide his terminal illness from his family, until he entered a hospital and passed away. I felt that the cultural aspects played a large part in my husbands behavior as well and since my therapist had parents similar and some experiences the same I was able to understand this behavior more easily. Maybe it was a comfort to me not having to explain our weird Italian ways. I truly believe that Deborah Galla saved my sanity. She is now working with me because my father passed away 10 months after my husband which had caused a whole knew dynamic within my family w because mother who had Alzheimer’s now needs care. I guess life goes on