Gwendolyn Young

Gwendolyn Young is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who draws on personal experience to connect with people facing hard times. She emphasizes a person-centered style that focuses on each person's strengths and goals. Her approach is practical and grounded, aimed at helping people find steady footing during big changes.

She uses a mix of therapies in session, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, alongside client-centered and existential ideas. That mix lets her tailor how she works to the issue at hand, whether someone is dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, or grief. She also addresses struggles like self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and career uncertainty.

With 11 years of experience, she brings both professional training and life perspective into sessions. She has a master's degree in professional counseling, a master's degree in addiction counseling, and additional post-master's study in addiction specialization. Those credentials inform her understanding of substance use and recovery without defining every conversation.

People come to her for help coping with life changes, managing mood disorders, and sorting out difficult emotions after loss or trauma. In practical terms, she listens, helps people clarify goals, and works with them on skills and strategies they can use between sessions.

Her style is steady and direct, with space for reflection. She encourages small, realistic steps and checks progress along the way. Clients who want clear plans and compassionate support often find that approach helpful.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience without judgment. It helps when someone needs a calm space to make sense of change and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers strategies for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills, which can help with intense emotions and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that seem most useful. That means sessions can shift focus as needs change and goals are clarified, with the client and therapist deciding the best path forward collaboratively.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people try techniques in real time and bring questions from daily life into the next session, making progress feel more connected to everyday routines.