About Wendy
Wendy Schultz is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 11 years of professional experience to her practice. She frames therapy as part of staying healthy and helps people build practical skills for better day-to-day living. Wendy focuses on clear goals and steady progress rather than complicated techniques.
She works with adults on concerns such as anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, and ADHD. Many people come to her feeling stuck, uninspired, or unsure what they want next.
Background and approach
Wendy uses strengths-based methods to help clients notice what already works and build on it. She offers motivational, focused exercises and concrete tools clients can try between sessions. Her approach centers on attachment-based ideas and client-centered listening.
That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings while keeping the client’s goals in front. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used when helpful to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Wendy also incorporates emotionally focused methods and brief hypnotherapy when they fit a person’s needs.
In practice this looks like guided conversations, short exercises, and skill building that relate directly to daily life. She aims for clear steps people can take right away. Wendy provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy.
She works from Illinois, conducts sessions in English, and supports people who want help with grief, career transitions, intimacy concerns, trauma, and other life changes.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions. Online work focuses on building awareness of those patterns and practicing new ways of relating in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy centers on respectful listening and collaboration; the therapist follows the client’s pace and helps clarify goals through reflective conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns and improve coping.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Wendy works together with each person to find methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She may blend elements from different approaches so the sessions feel useful and relevant rather than rigid.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter connection is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when typing feels more comfortable than talking. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or travel without losing continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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