About Wendy
Dr. Wendy Chan welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or big life changes. She focuses on helping individuals build confidence, manage worry and panic, and find clearer direction when life feels stuck.
She brings 15 years of experience as a California psychologist. Dr. Chan works with concerns such as depression, panic disorder, communication problems, and the fallout from separation or divorce.
She also helps people facing loneliness, guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose or money stress.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens with sensitivity and respect. Conversations are shaped around each person's specific needs and goals. She helps people break problems into manageable steps and practice skills that can be used between meetings.
Dr. Chan tailors a plan to fit what’s important to the client. That might include short-term strategies for coping with panic or longer work on self-esteem and relationships.
She encourages small, steady changes rather than quick fixes. Taking the first step can feel hard. Dr.
Chan aims to provide steady support while clients build skills, reduce distress, and move toward a more satisfying life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based techniques often used in anxiety and mood work focus on teaching practical skills the client can use day to day. One common approach is skill-based problem solving that breaks worries and challenges into manageable steps and helps clients test new behaviors. This is useful for panic, excessive worry, and life stress where clear actions reduce immediate distress.A second helpful approach is emotion-focused work that helps people name and sit with difficult feelings while learning new responses. That approach supports healing from guilt, shame, loss, and relationship strain. It can also guide work around forgiveness and recovery after separation or betrayal.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose strategies that fit their goals, preferences, and daily demands. Sessions can be adjusted over time as needs change so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a session fits into a short break. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, and regular reminders between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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