Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
How Wendy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Wendy
Wendy Schultz is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 11 years of practice to her work with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, depression, and life transitions. She frames therapy as part of maintaining good health and meets people where they are. Sessions focus on practical skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Her style blends skill-building with strengths-focused support. Wendy uses exercises and motivational coaching to help people regain direction and confidence.
Background and approach
She emphasizes simple, doable tools clients can use between sessions to manage mood and handle daily challenges. Many clients arrive feeling stuck, ambivalent about goals, or facing a major life shift. Wendy helps them clarify priorities and try small changes that add up.
She also supports people working through grief, relationship concerns, career stress, and issues tied to identity and self-esteem. Her background includes work with addictions, ADHD, attachment-related concerns, and first responder issues. Wendy draws from Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and hypnotherapy to tailor the approach to each person’s needs.
In sessions she creates a nonjudgmental space and offers both challenge and encouragement. People who want hands-on tools, clear goals, and steady support often find this approach useful. Getting started is framed as a collaborative process that respects each person’s pace and priorities.
What Wendy works with
Everything Wendy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Wendy's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Wendy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on improving how people connect and feel safe with others. Online sessions can help identify patterns from past relationships and practice new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. That work translates well to video or phone sessions with homework between appointments. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions and shift interactions that keep them stuck; this approach is useful for addressing deep emotional pain and building more supported ways of responding.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and current situation. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful, and clients are encouraged to give feedback about what works for them.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets people check in between sessions or have shorter touchpoints. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Wendy
What concerns does Wendy address in therapy?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem and career concerns, and related areas listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and strengths-based, combining skills training, motivational coaching, and supportive reflection to help people make steady changes.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of experience in clinical work and practical settings supporting people through life changes and emotional challenges.
Where is Wendy licensed and based?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as IL LCSW, and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.