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Winzetta "Wendy" Jenkins, LCSW

Compassionate LCSW helping with anxiety and stress

10 years in practice · based in Tennessee · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Winzetta

Winzetta "Wendy" Jenkins is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people struggling with stress and anxiety. She also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, anger, low self-esteem, trauma, and compassion fatigue. Wendy practices from Tennessee and speaks English.

Wendy uses a warm, compassionate approach in session. She listens first and helps clients name what feels most urgent. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings.

She aims to meet clients where they are mentally and emotionally.

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Background and approach

Her methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused strategies, motivational interviewing, and trauma-focused approaches. Those methods are used to help people change unhelpful thoughts, set achievable goals, build coping skills, and work through traumatic memories when needed. Wendy explains tools in plain language and helps people practice them in real life.

She brings ten years of experience as a licensed clinician in Tennessee. That experience includes helping people with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, body image, workplace issues, and challenges tied to divorce or separation. Wendy also offers support for issues like dependent personality traits, domestic violence recovery, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress.

Clients who prefer remote sessions can connect by video, phone, chat, or messaging. Wendy uses a collaborative style - she and the client decide together which skills and strategies to try. Her focus is on realistic steps that help people feel steadier and more able to cope with life changes.

How Wendy uses therapeutic methods online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. In practice that means sessions begin with the client’s concerns and goals, and the therapist reflects and mirrors to help clarify what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk through hard feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, thought records, and practical homework to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and workplace stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Wendy will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so the strategies are useful and realistic for daily life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat can serve as a quick check-in, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Wendy help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, self-esteem concerns, and compassion fatigue, among other issues.
How would you describe her approach in session?
Wendy uses a compassionate, client-centered style. She listens first, then offers practical tools drawn from CBT, solution-focused work, and motivational interviewing.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of experience as a licensed clinician working with diverse concerns, including caregiving stress and geriatric issues.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in Tennessee as a TN LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients based in Tennessee.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to start, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a time.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Tennessee
Languages
English

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