About Wendy
Wendy Gatewood is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes. She practices in Indiana and focuses on practical ways to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Wendy keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented to meet busy lives.
Wendy takes a collaborative style in sessions. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, achievable steps. Many people come for help with mood issues, relationship patterns, parenting strain, or the challenges of grief and loss.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered methods that emphasize the person's own goals and strengths. She also uses cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to improve emotion regulation when needed. These tools are explained simply and practiced in ways that fit day-to-day routines.
Wendy has supported people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, eating issues, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also offers coaching-style guidance around communication, commitment worries, and rebuilding after separation or adoption-related loss. Sessions may include short skills practice, problem-solving, and planning for real-life situations.
People often leave with concrete strategies they can try between visits. The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. Work is offered in English and delivered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
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Approaches that translate well to online care
Wendy uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's goals and strengths. This approach centers on listening, reflecting, and helping people decide what matters most so sessions follow the client's lead.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems in place. CBT offers practical exercises and homework that are easy to try between sessions, useful for anxiety, phobias, and mood concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Wendy will discuss options and tailor methods to your goals, preferences, and the issues you bring. That collaboration helps pick techniques that feel helpful and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, and getting support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let therapy fit around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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