Wendy Kraszewski, LCSW

Wendy Kraszewski is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida who combines practical therapy methods with a warm, nonjudgmental approach. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside other approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and career concerns. Wendy emphasizes clear, direct work that focuses on small, useful changes. She communicates in plain language and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.

Wendy has twelve years of clinical experience working with concerns such as loss, relationship struggles, and navigating major life changes. She helps people name unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding so everyday life feels more workable. Sessions typically include problem-solving and skills practice alongside space to explore emotions.

She also supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and challenges like guilt or shame. Wendy offers help sorting communication problems, control issues, and transitions such as divorce or separation. She is comfortable addressing mood concerns, panic, and post-traumatic stress.

Her style blends acceptance-based ideas and client-centered listening with emotionally focused and existential perspectives when those fit the person’s goals. Wendy encourages practical experiments between sessions so clients can test what works in real life. She keeps language simple and focuses on steps someone can try right away.

If someone is trying therapy for the first time, Wendy aims to make the process steady and straightforward. She works to create a respectful space where thoughts and feelings can be discussed without judgment.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Wendy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT often involves setting small goals, practicing new skills between sessions, and tracking what changes help with mood or anxiety.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult feelings without getting stuck and to clarify personal values. This approach supports coping with loss, life transitions, and persistent worries. Her client-centered stance means she listens first and adapts techniques to each person’s pace and priorities.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She will discuss goals and preferences and adjust methods as needed so the work feels useful. Clients and therapist decide together what to try and when to shift focus.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill coaching, phone can be a simpler option with less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can fit brief check-ins or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what works best.