About Wendy
Wendy Van Keulen draws on more than 15 years of clinical practice as an Illinois-licensed LCSW to help people navigate relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting concerns, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
She approaches each situation with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, shaping conversations and treatment plans to fit the distinct circumstances of each person. Her work also addresses related areas such as aging and geriatric issues, attachment struggles, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and communication difficulties.
Wendy emphasizes practical, individualized support that honors where someone is starting from while offering guidance toward meaningful change. Clients seeking help with dissociation, divorce and separation, domestic violence, family of origin wounds, fertility or hospice and end-of-life matters will find focused attention to those concerns.
Fluent in English and Spanish, she provides care throughout Illinois and frames therapy as a collaborative process that values the client’s goals and preferences. Taking the first step can feel daunting, and Wendy treats that decision as an important act of courage worthy of compassionate partnership.
Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Healing
Wendy practices with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world change. One common approach she uses centers on trauma-informed care, which helps people process traumatic experiences safely and develop coping strategies for symptoms like distress and dissociation. Another often-used method emphasizes skills for managing grief, loss, and transitions, guiding clients through grief work, meaning-making, and adaptive routines to support daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Wendy works together with each person to identify which techniques best align with their needs, goals, and personal preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life changes, and access care from different locations within Illinois. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver structured, supportive work that fits each client’s communication style and pace.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Spanish