About Wendy
Wendy Schultz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 11 years of professional experience. She frames therapy as part of overall health and blends skills training, integration, and a strengths-based perspective to help people move from feeling stuck to more purposeful living.
Background and approach
Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life transitions. Wendy favors collaborative, practical work that invites clients to try creative exercises and straightforward skills designed for daily life.
She aims to reduce ambivalence and build motivation by offering both supportive guidance and challenges tailored to each person’s goals. Clients can expect an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings are explored and where actionable strategies are introduced to foster resilience, healthier patterns, and greater engagement with life.
How Wendy's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding emotional bonds and how early patterns influence present relationships; in online sessions this approach helps identify connection needs and patterns that shape current relationship and intimacy concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to reframe thinking and change unhelpful behaviors, making it a useful fit for issues like anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on accessing and reshaping emotional responses to improve closeness and communication, which can help people struggling with relationship or intimacy-related difficulties.Deciding which approach will be most helpful is a collaborative part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to clarify goals, review how certain methods match those goals, and adapt techniques over time so the work fits individual needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for schedules and comfort levels. These formats allow consistent access to licensed professionals from different settings and make it easier to integrate therapeutic skills into daily routines while maintaining continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English