HOUSTON MALE COUPLES THERAPIST
Gabriel Gonzalez, LCSW
About GABRIEL (he/hIM)
When Trust Has Been Broken
You’re at a crossroads, wondering if you can ever feel safe in your relationship again. Broken trust comes in many forms: long-standing resentments, emotional or physical infidelity, or hidden behaviors coming to light. Each one brings real anguish and a need for healing.
You may worry that talking about the hurt with a therapist will make it worse. However, working with a skilled couples therapist can offer your relationship a chance to stabilize. Stabilizing doesn’t mean agreeing to stay, excusing your partner’s actions, or rushing to forgiveness, but it gives your relationship the space for clarity to emerge so you can make sound decisions about what comes next.
Healing rarely happens on its own. With the right support, alongside a commitment to honesty and accountability, many couples can come back from broken trust. Together, we can name the impact of the broken trust, work toward meaningful repair, and begin rebuilding a foundation that is more honest, secure, and sturdy than ever before.
Gabriel’s Specialties
Executives, Healthcare Workers & High-Demand Careers
I work with healthcare professionals, executives, first responders, and other professionals whose work requires them to give 110% of themselves every day. While fulfilling, these careers place real constraints on your life and relationships: long hours, shift work, unpredictable schedules, vicarious trauma and chronic stress, which is rarely left at the office.
After years working in healthcare and leadership, I know these demands are part of your reality. While some may not be eliminated, I can help you and your partner navigate the impact on your relationship.
You don’t have to choose between a career you enjoy and a relationship you value. Together, we can find ways to work within the realities of your life while creating more connection, communication, and space for both your relationship and your career to thrive.
Sexuality & Intimacy
A fulfilling sexual relationship is more than physical connection — it requires safety, trust, vulnerability, and a place for open communication about what you want, need, worry about, or would like to explore.
Most couples will experience times when desire differs, their sex life changes, or they need to rebuild sexual connection after disconnection, hurt, or betrayal. If one or both partners' behaviors are creating strain or secrecy in your relationship — whether it's porn use, compulsive sexual behavior, betrayal, or something difficult to talk about — there's space for this, too.
With 17 years as a therapist with specialized training in sex therapy, I know how to make hard conversations easier and offer guidance to build greater trust, satisfaction, and intimacy in your relationship.
Sex therapy is talk-based. There is never any sexual contact or touching between therapist and clients.
GABRIEL GONZALEZ, MALE COUPLES THERAPIST
An Affirming & Culturally Responsive Approach
As a queer, Afro-Caribbean therapist born and raised in Puerto Rico, I work fluently in English and Spanish. I can understand, but not speak, Portuguese. Please express yourself in the language that feels most authentic to you.
I have specialized training and enjoy supporting LGBTQIA+ relationships and/or couples who are part of the BDSM/kink communities or practice consensual non-monogamy (CNM).
Areas of Expertise
Infidelity & Broken Trust
Executives, Healthcare Workers & First Responders
Sexuality & Intimacy
Pornography & Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviors
LGBTQIA+ Relationships
Consensual Non-Monogamy, BDSM & Kink
Fun Facts
As an artist by nature, I work with acrylics, watercolor, oils, and graphite, and I also enjoy crafting with leather and latex. I’m an avid potter as well.
I’m an enthusiastic traveler and have visited nearly all 50 states, along with Thailand, Hong Kong, Bali, Spain, Portugal, France, and Canada.
A career highlight was presenting to the President of the United States in a small meeting with eight other health care administrators, where we discussed the importance of expanding access to mental health care.
Credentials
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Master’s in Social Work - Health and Mental Health, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Master's in Business Administration, Walden University
Bachelor of Science in General Studies, Union College
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) - Externship and Core Skills
Gottman Level 1
EMDR
Brainspotting
Sex therapy
Certified Poly & ENM Therapist
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Licensed in Texas (LCSW #53934) and Colorado (CSW.09924584)
RATES
90 minutes: $360
Intake or 3+ clients
75 minutes: $300
Couples
50 minutes: $225
Individuals
OFFICE HOURS
By appointment
Monday - Friday
Mornings, Afternoons & Early Evenings
RESOURCES BY GABE
A guide to consensual non-monogamy
A roadmap & conversation guide for partners considering non-monogamy. This guide helps you slow down and have the conversations that protect your relationship.