Wendy Gatewood, LCSW

Wendy Gatewood is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience. She practices in Indiana and offers straightforward, practical care for people facing stress, anxiety, mood challenges, and life changes. Her work focuses on helping individuals find clearer ways to cope and move forward.

Wendy uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches and client-centered methods. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thinking and build skills for managing strong emotions. She also draws on techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when helpful to a person’s goals.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps clients set small, achievable goals. Conversations often include skill practice between sessions so people can try new ways of responding in daily life.

Wendy has particular experience with trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, grief, and parenting strain. She also supports people working through attachment issues, adoption and foster care questions, body image and eating concerns, and problems with communication or control.

Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once a plan is in place. Wendy aims to help people build practical strategies and regain a sense of steady progress.

How Wendy’s Approaches Work Online

Wendy commonly uses cognitive behavioral approaches and client-centered work to guide online sessions. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. Client-centered work prioritizes listening and collaboration so goals reflect what matters most to the person.

She may also use elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for intense feelings. Together the therapist and client decide which approach or mix of tools fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is preferred. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins, coaching, and between-session practice without a camera. These options are meant to give flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.