About Wendy
Wendy Chinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She also supports clients facing relationship and family struggles, self-esteem concerns, ADHD-related challenges, and big life changes. Wendy practices from Virginia and draws on 15 years of clinical experience.
Wendy earned a master’s degree in Counseling and Human Development from Radford University and holds bachelor degrees in Communications and Psychology from Virginia Tech.
Background and approach
She has worked in public education, higher education, a personal agency, and religious settings. Since 2014 she has been licensed as an LPC in Virginia. Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused work.
She also uses mindfulness and trauma-focused strategies when they fit the situation. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps that clients can try between meetings. Wendy aims to learn why someone is seeking help and what outcomes they want.
Together she and the client identify small, realistic changes and build coping skills. The work often includes addressing family-of-origin patterns, communication habits, and issues like guilt, shame, or isolation. Parents and adults who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, life transitions, or past hurts will find a straightforward style.
Wendy keeps sessions focused and practical while offering emotional support. She encourages people to test new ways of thinking and behaving and to notice what helps in daily life.
Approaches and how online therapy works
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist reflects concerns, values the client’s goals, and helps people feel heard so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change unhelpful habits. Trauma-focused therapy addresses past painful events with carefully paced techniques to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Wendy will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, concerns, and comfort level. That may mean trying a short skills-based strategy and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, written reflections, or easier ways to schedule shorter touchpoints. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while using approaches like CBT, mindfulness, and trauma-focused work.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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