Wendy Duncan Kithcart, LCSW

Wendy Duncan Kithcart is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in North Carolina who uses cognitive behavioral therapy as one of her main approaches. She focuses on practical skills to manage stress and anxiety while also addressing mood, relationship, and parenting concerns. Her style aims to be straightforward and approachable for people who are worried and need clear next steps.

Wendy brings 18 years of experience working with a wide range of mental health concerns. She helps people handle grief, anger, addiction challenges, and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with trauma, family conflict, and issues around self-esteem or identity such as LGBT concerns.

Sessions are built around listening without judgment and creating space to speak honestly. Wendy uses client-centered methods to understand each person's priorities and values. When helpful, she incorporates DBT skills for emotion regulation and motivational interviewing to support change.

Her approach includes setting small, practical goals and teaching tools people can use between sessions. She can address additional topics like adoption and foster care, attachment issues, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems. Treatment plans are adapted to the individual rather than following a single formula.

Wendy works with adults on challenges across mood, behavior, and relationships. She offers a calm, steady presence and focuses on making therapy understandable and useful. Taking this step can feel hard, and she aims to make the process feel manageable for people reaching out for help.

Using CBT, Client-Centered Work, and DBT Skills Online

Wendy often brings cognitive behavioral therapy into sessions to help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is action oriented and useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants clear skill practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and can set their own goals. This approach helps when people need space to sort through feelings and values. Dialectical behavior therapy adds concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that can be practiced between sessions for strong emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Wendy collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. She mixes techniques as needed and checks in often to make sure the plan is working for the individual.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for more in-depth work and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between scheduled appointments. These options make it easier to access therapy from different locations and schedules.