About Whitney
Whitney Reichel is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Louisiana. She has six years of post-licensure experience and focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and build self-esteem. Her approach is straightforward and person-focused.
She prioritizes clear conversation and practical steps a client can try between sessions. Whitney creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings. She pays attention to what each person needs and tailors sessions around those needs.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning simple skills for managing panic, mood shifts, or urges related to substance use. Her work uses methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on techniques that teach emotional regulation and present-moment awareness.
When trauma is part of the story, she may use approaches aimed at processing painful memories at a comfortable pace. Whitney often focuses on immediate problems such as panic attacks, social anxiety, and overwhelming stress. She also supports people wrestling with longer-term concerns like depression, bipolar mood patterns, grief, or codependency.
Clients living with HIV or dealing with guilt, shame, or issues around self-love can find targeted support. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Conversations start with a clear plan and goals so progress can be measured.
The emphasis is on small, achievable changes that fit each person’s life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s perspective and priorities. It means sessions begin with the client's goals and build from there, helping people feel heard while they set practical steps to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. In sessions clients learn straightforward techniques to reduce panic, challenge anxious thinking, and change habits that keep problems going.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels most workable. That collaborative process helps pick techniques that fit the client's life and adjusts them over time if needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual cues matter. Phone sessions are a good option when less bandwidth is needed or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to share thoughts between sessions or to receive brief support during busy days. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while still using CBT and client-centered methods in practical ways.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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