About Wendy
Dr. Wendy Whinnery is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety and related concerns and aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what worries them.
Her approach centers on listening and helping clients find tools that fit their daily lives. She prefers a client-centered style that emphasizes respect, genuineness, and support. She combines that with practical methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work to help people change patterns and solve immediate problems.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior therapy skills and motivational interviewing are used when teaching emotion regulation and helping people find motivation for change. Dr. Whinnery has worked with many kinds of challenges including stress, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and concerns related to gender and sexuality.
She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, relationship difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and eating concerns. The focus is on helping each person identify what matters and on practicing steps that improve daily functioning. Sessions combine listening with hands-on skills.
Clients can expect straightforward feedback, experiments to try between sessions, and steps to build coping skills. Progress is measured by how daily routines and relationships feel different over time. She practices from New York and offers therapy in English.
The overall aim is to help people reduce anxiety and regain a sense of control over their lives.
Using collaborative approaches in online therapy
Client-centered therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead, offering empathy and respect while helping them name what matters most. This approach is useful for people who need a supportive space to talk through anxiety and life stress.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different actions to change feelings and behavior. It often includes clear exercises and homework to practice between sessions, which can reduce anxiety and improve daily routines.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are practical tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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