About Wendy
Wendy Gilchrist is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 20 years of experience. She brings a background in nonprofit development and business alongside long-term clinical work. Wendy blends practical problem-solving with attention to emotions so people feel heard and understood.
She began her career creating programs for people facing hardship. That experience shaped how she listens for strengths and resourcefulness in every person. Over time she moved into counseling and worked in hospital psychiatric units and trauma-informed programs.
Background and approach
Wendy uses straightforward, collaborative conversations. She helps people name what feels hard, try small changes, and track what makes life easier. Sessions often focus on coping with stress and anxiety, navigating family and parenting strains, and handling grief or big life changes.
She also has experience with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, and with issues like anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Wendy supports people who are managing chronic illness, pain, or cancer-related stress, and she works with those facing relationship problems or career decisions. Wendy offers sessions in English and Spanish and accepts international clients.
Her approach is adaptable to the person in front of her, using methods that fit each person's goals and everyday life. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.
Approaches that fit real life and online care
Wendy commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions. This approach is helpful when someone needs a supportive space to talk through worries, family stress, or life transitions.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, and coping skills for day-to-day challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Wendy partners with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She will adjust techniques over time based on what feels useful and manageable for the client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls let people use body language and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter, flexible options for brief updates or when writing feels easier.
These formats make it easier to fit counseling around work, parenting, or medical appointments, and they allow people to continue care from different locations while working toward their goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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