About Gwendolyn
Dr. Gwendolyn Jackson helps people who are dealing with stress and anxiety. She also supports clients facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, addiction concerns, and the emotional impact of life changes.
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW with more than three decades of practice experience. Her approach is straightforward and practical. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used for building emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Mindfulness techniques help clients stay grounded in the present moment. Dr.
Jackson has worked in Louisiana for many years and brings 32 years of clinical experience to sessions. She has supported people who cope with parenting stress, caregiver burden, compassion fatigue, and identity concerns including LGBT issues. She also addresses attachment and adoption-related questions, abandonment, and body image worries.
In sessions she focuses on clear goals and step-by-step skills. Conversations tend to concentrate on what is happening now and on concrete strategies that can be practiced between meetings. She also offers trauma-focused work when past events continue to affect daily life.
People who prefer remote options can connect by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions are offered in English and are structured to fit routines, schedules, and changing needs. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step determine the best time to start.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting and shifting thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and stress going. Online CBT often uses homework and brief skill practice between sessions to make small, steady changes.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication that can be practiced during daily life.
Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, try specific techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods fit best and when to try something different.
Online therapy offers practical conveniences like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing skill coaching. Those options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep practicing skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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