About Gwen
Gwen Trader is a licensed clinician based in Maryland with 33 years of experience. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Gwen speaks plainly and meets people where they are so they can start making small, manageable changes.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through fears and hard feelings. Sessions typically center on the person’s experience and immediate concerns.
Background and approach
Gwen helps clients notice patterns, build coping skills, and test practical steps between sessions. Her approach draws on client-centered work that follows what the person brings to the room. She also uses mindfulness to slow racing thoughts and solution-focused techniques to set clear, attainable goals.
When helpful, she explores deeper patterns using psychodynamic ideas to understand how past experiences affect current behavior. Gwen has worked with a wide range of issues over three decades, including panic attacks, social anxiety, mood shifts, and life changes such as illness or caregiving stress. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment struggles, guilt, shame, and finding purpose.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to her availability. Gwen encourages steady, realistic progress and partners with each person to find workable steps forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Gwen uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and to shape sessions around what they bring. This approach helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most. She also uses mindfulness techniques to slow down anxious thinking and to teach simple practices for managing stress in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gwen will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts the plan as they go so the approach stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Chat and messaging make it easy to check in, share short updates, or keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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