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Dr. Gay Lee, LCSW

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Gay is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Gay. View 52 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in New York, Utah, and 3 more

Recent reviews

Dr Lee is understanding to my needs and she really understands me she gives great advice and real relates to your needs

Reviewed September 2024

Very insightful and knowledgeable. You can tell she really cares about you and wants to help as best she can.

Reviewed August 2024

More about Gay

  • 30 years' experience
  • Female
  • LCSW

I have a flair for helping people effect positive change in their lives. My offices are comfortable safe spaces to talk about difficult things and make tough decisions. The road to emotional wellness can be painful and challenging, so I try very hard to be encouraging and supportive while change is occurring. Hurt, pain and anger do not define who we are; it opens our emotional pathways to inform us of the need and time for change. Depression is usually an indication of the depth of personal disruption, so when it’s appropriate, I offer advice to validate feelings, encourage healing and to dismantle irrational thinking.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety LGBT Relationship issues Depression ADHD Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issues Anger management Self esteem Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Coaching Abandonment Aging and geriatric issues Attachment issues Avoidant personality Commitment issues Communication problems Coping with natural or human-caused disaster Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) Divorce and separation Drug and alcohol addiction Guilt and shame Hospice and end-of-life counseling Infidelity Isolation / loneliness Mood disorders Multicultural concerns Narcissism Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacks Personality disorders Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships Postpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Prejudice and discrimination Women's issues Workplace issues Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Dr. Gay Lee's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982789020.

  • LCSW · New York · 050834 · Expires October 2027
  • LCSW · Utah · 12907396-3501 · Expires September 2026
  • LCSW · Maine · LC21534 · Expires July 2026
  • LCSW · New Jersey · 44SC06117300 · Expires August 2026
  • LCSW · Arizona · LCSW-21042 · Expires November 2024

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Dr. Gay Lee

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

52 reviews

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Clients mention: Helped Great Recommend Understanding Comfortable Grateful Support Supportive Understands Wonderful

Dr Lee is understanding to my needs and she really understands me she gives great advice and real relates to your needs

Reviewed September 2024

Very insightful and knowledgeable. You can tell she really cares about you and wants to help as best she can.

Reviewed August 2024

Dr. Lee is a caring professional who is clearly dedicated to quality work. Grateful for her help & guidance!

Reviewed August 2024

Dr. Lee asks the questions to get where I need to go in my logic. I appreciate her very much

Reviewed July 2024

Dr. Lee, is a great therapist. She truly listens, and understands me. I haven’t been this open before and I feel safe in her sessions. I am grateful I found her.

Reviewed May 2024

She is a great listener and works out the problem and the process with you. Dr Lee is an awesome therapist and supports anything you want to work out and figures a way to push you to open up little by little

Reviewed April 2024

She is amazing and so relatable it makes it easy for me to go to counseling with her

Reviewed March 2024

I love working with Gay and would Recommend her services to anyone who is seeking a supportive, helpful, and thoughtful therapist to be in their corner. I specifically appreciate the ways that she challenges me to see different perspectives, and somehow makes me feel that my problems are not so overwhelming. I have loved my experience working with her and hope to do so for a long time.

Reviewed March 2022

Gay has been fantastic to work with. She genuinely sees me as a human being, not a bundle of problems, and makes clear that she's just a human too -- and that all of us humans, however messy we may be, deserve honesty, compassion, and safety.

Reviewed February 2022

Gay was incredibly supportive as I went through a divorce that was difficult for me. She made a healing and reflective space that helped me build the tools I needed to get myself through the hard times and helped me to lay a foundation for a full and meaningful life. I appreciate her understanding where I was at and giving me the gentle pushes necessary for my growth.

Reviewed September 2021

Dr. Lee is in a league of her own. She is an outstanding therapist.

Reviewed January 2024

She's the best

Reviewed November 2023

Perceptive, patient, full tool box after years of working in tough places. I don’t like talking to much of anyone and I don’t like talking about the tough stuff. I like talking about the tough stuff with Dr Lee. I feel lucky I found her.

Reviewed November 2023

Enjoyable session that took the stress off my first therapy session

Reviewed August 2023

I have had 3 sessions with Dr. Lee thus far my wife and I are grateful for the opportunity to work with Dr Lee. She's very insightful. We are happy we were paired with her.

Reviewed July 2023

I recently started therapy with Dr. Lee. She is very professional and a good listener. I love that she is educated yet very down to earth and able to relate. Dr. Gay feedback was very helpful. She is caring. compassionate and I would definitely recommended her.

Reviewed June 2023

She is determined to get to the bottom of things, to see the root cause of issues and address them. She offers a new and refreshing perspective. She listens and shares some of her personal experience making her very relatable. patients/clients are truly fortunate to be able to work with her and I am glad to count myself among them.

Reviewed June 2023

She's amazing!

Reviewed May 2023

I thank Dr. Lee for being here for me even though it's 30 minutes I can address anything. She's there to listen

Reviewed February 2023

I have been seeing Dr. Lee for several months now and I am grateful that is helping me through a difficult period of time in my life. She is always considerate of my feelings and she follows up with past events. I feel as though I have a safe space to discuss what is going when talking to her.

Reviewed January 2023

Dr. Lee has provided me with a lot of guidance during a difficult time I am experiencing. She has listened to my concerns and helped me navigate through the ever changing situation in which I find myself.

Reviewed September 2022

Dr. Lee has been supportive throughout all my sessions and made going to therapy something I looked foreword to. They were great for me and highly recommend if you are looking for a lively and attentive therapist.

Reviewed August 2022

Whoever you are, wherever you are, Dr Gay Lee is the therapist for you. Therapy with her is a pleasure on rainy days and on sunny ones. I can't recommend her enough. Patient, compassionate, caring, responsible. I've done therapy but this is something else.

Reviewed August 2022

Had my first session with her and felt an immediate difference in professionalism/experience from other therapists I've tried out on the platform. I felt "guided" which is something I've been looking for - vs. other therapy appointments with other people that feel unstructured and like the wild wild west. Just in my first session I feel like I opened up a lot and made immediate progress. Super excited to keep working with Dr. Lee!

Reviewed August 2022

Best thing I have done for myself is getting council

Reviewed July 2022

She has already helped me so much and we’re only 2 sessions in

Reviewed July 2022

I have only been with Dr. Lee a short time, but she has been a source of wisdom and comfort, and is a wonderful sounding board. She is particularly skilled in offering metaphors and analogies to help reflect back to me with clarity an understanding of the emotions and thoughts I am experiencing. I genuinely look forward to our discussions.

Reviewed July 2022

This is THE therapist I’ve been looking for!

Reviewed July 2022

I have had the absolute pleasure to be working with Dr. Lee as my therapist. I have been in therapy the better part of my life and I have been extraordinarily lucky to be now sharing my time in therapy with a wise, intelligent, thoughtful woman who is well educated, refined and such heartfelt attention to detail. I literally could not believe how this has positively impacted my difficult days and I have so much more hope for my future. Dr Lee provides me with compassionate support by effectively listening and advising me with her immense knowledge and applied therapeutic techniques to address my specific issues. I have not always looked forward to therapy, however, I find speaking to Dr. Lee effortless and I am able to trust her judgment and suggestions. It takes a lot for me to trust anyone outside of my family and yet it was an immediate connection that I am very encouraged to do the work necessary to have a better quality of life. I am very thankful that I now have the very best therapist I have ever had in the past 30 years. I know how lucky I am, it’s not easy finding a doctor who sees me at my worst and I finish my sessions feeling lighter and just a little bit stronger than the day before.

Reviewed June 2022

Dr. Lee allows me to feel heard in session. She provides a comfortable rapport and encourages me to explore my thoughts and feeling deeper.

Reviewed June 2022

Dr. Lee understands me in a way that I myself don´t .

Reviewed April 2022

I had my first session with Dr. Lee recently and immediately it felt great. I was immediately understood, and felt listened to. A weight felt like it was lifted off of my shoulders, and I felt a lot better after our session

Reviewed April 2022

Dr. Lee is a wonderful therapist, she always makes me feel at ease and comfortable like I'm talking to a friend while still helping direct the session to my goals. She's helped me find the root of a number of mental hang ups and issues and has been a great help for me in learning how to handle my ADHD.

Reviewed March 2022

She literally saved my life and so without her guidance and love and support I would not be who I am and for the first time ever I like who I’m becoming.

Reviewed March 2022

Gay is a wonderful therapist that tailors her technique to be able to engage and provide the best support. She is able to understand my concerns and takes the time to connect back to my goals.

Reviewed February 2022

Gay is a wonderful therapist. She is very understanding and attentive, and I'm glad to have had so many conversations with her. She helped me out of multiple spirals, and helped steer me in the right direction. Gay Lee will be going down as my favorite therapist to date. I have had many therapists before her, and none of them have been able to break through like Gay has. I will remember her years from now, and her advice and guidance will stick with me for a very long time. Thank you!

Reviewed January 2022

I believe that Dr. Lee was not particularly helpful in teaching me anything. They did not provide any sort of tools that I would be able to use for communication, dealing with my emotions or trauma. A bit unprofessional as a therapist and also did not particularly do anything to make me feel comfortable in speaking about my feelings, thoughts and experiences. My experience with them was mostly poor, and towards the end of my time with Dr. Lee they made no apparent effort to speak to me politely or separate their personal matters from our sessions.

Reviewed December 2021

She is the absolute best

Reviewed December 2021

I love the way Gay sees the entire moving picture. You paint the scene and she just gently nudges you to an epiphany with a single careful sentence. Delightfully comfortable and supportive.

Reviewed September 2021

Gay Lee has been very helpful and understanding. She is a great listener and offers the perfect amount of to-the-point insights.

Reviewed September 2021

An amazing therapist, I wish I could stay with Gay Lee. I appreciate your counseling session.

Reviewed August 2021

Gay is a wonderful therapist. I highly recommend her wisdom and style.

Reviewed August 2021

11/10

Reviewed August 2021

Gay Lee helped me get out of a really dark place and felt like a friend while doing it. I highly recommend.

Reviewed June 2021

She is very awesome

Reviewed June 2021

Gay is a breath of fresh air who has quickly become a trusted source of support and insight. I feel I can be honest about the things I'm struggling with, and she hears and validates my concerns without passing judgement on them. It helps that I genuinely enjoy talking with her too!

Reviewed May 2021

I was really lucky to be matched with Gay Lee. She always lets me to think very hard about a certain problem so I can solve it by myself. I learned a lot about myself during our sessions. When I come back to Better help platform, I want to be matched with Gay Lee again.

Reviewed May 2021

I really enjoyed all of my sessions with Gay. She was a joy to talk to and helped me through some very tough situations. I would recommend her to anyone that wants someone who will speak honestly to them and in a way that is very relatable.

Reviewed February 2021

Gay understands me in a way that not many other therapists have. I am so grateful for her expertise, experience, and support. She gives me validation for things in life that have helped me immensely already. She is excellent!

Reviewed February 2021

Gay makes me feel very comfortable during our sessions. It’s like talking to a very knowledgeable friend, no judgment, just understanding. She meets me where I am which is truly appreciated.

Reviewed November 2020

Gay is the best therapist I’ve ever had. She listens and truly understands me! So happy I found her!

Reviewed November 2020

Very supportive. Provides coping mechanism and advice.

Reviewed November 2020

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Frequently asked questions

Does Dr. Gay Lee offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Dr. Gay Lee works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Dr. Gay Lee speak?

Dr. Gay Lee speaks English.

How many years of experience does Dr. Gay Lee have?

Dr. Gay Lee has 30 years of experience.

Where is Dr. Gay Lee licensed to practice?

Dr. Gay Lee is licensed to practice in New York, Utah, Maine, New Jersey, and Arizona.

Does Dr. Gay Lee accept clients outside of the United States?

Yes, Dr. Gay Lee accepts clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Dr. Gay Lee offer?

Dr. Gay Lee offers clients Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Dr. Gay Lee?

Dr. Gay Lee can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Dr. Gay Lee?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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