Wendy Schultz

Wendy Schultz is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 11 years of practice to her counseling work. She frames therapy as part of good health and helps people take the first steps toward real change. Her approach focuses on practical skills, personal strengths, and steady integration into daily life.

Wendy meets people who feel stuck, uninspired, or are facing a life crisis. She offers clear, doable strategies for stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, and relationship struggles. Sessions include motivational support and exercises designed to build confidence and lasting habits.

Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how relationships shape feelings and behavior. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation rooted in each person's goals, and cognitive behavioral tools to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts. When useful, she incorporates emotion-focused techniques and hypnotherapy to address feelings and deeper patterns.

Wendy aims to make the therapy space open and nonjudgmental. She helps people name what matters, try new ways of coping, and practice small changes that add up. Many clients leave feeling more engaged, purposeful, and better able to handle life transitions.

Wendy is licensed in Illinois as an LCSW. She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and self-esteem, ADHD, career issues, and first responder stress. Her style is direct, encouraging, and skills-focused to support lasting improvement.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current feelings and reactions. It helps people understand connection, trust, and how they respond when stressed. Client-Centered Therapy focuses the session on the person's own goals and perspective, offering reflection and acceptance so a person can develop their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to change them, which can reduce anxiety, anger, and low mood.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That joint planning can include trying different techniques and adjusting them over time.

Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins on a break, or avoid needing to be on camera. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep therapy practical and focused on skills and coping strategies that carry over into everyday routines.