About Gwendolyn
Dr. Gwendolyn Drake is a clinical psychologist with 18 years of experience. She holds psychologist licenses in Arkansas and Tennessee and practices from Tennessee.
She aims to make starting therapy less stressful by offering a compassionate, straightforward approach. Her sessions focus on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, anger, and self-esteem struggles.
Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, aging concerns, communication and control issues, and matters related to divorce and separation.
How Gwendolyn works
Dr. Drake draws on several practical methods to guide conversations and skill building. She uses client-centered principles that prioritize the person's own goals and strengths.
Cognitive behavioral strategies are used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and experiment with small changes. Mindfulness techniques help people notice difficult feelings without getting overwhelmed. Dialectical behavior ideas support learning emotion regulation and better interpersonal skills.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clarify values and take action toward a meaningful life. Sessions are offered in English and available through a range of online formats. Her credentials include AR Psychologist 202222 and TN Psychologist 3537.
People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their calendar.
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What Gwendolyn works with
The areas below are the ones Gwendolyn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | AR Psychologist, TN Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online approaches that focus on values and skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and then take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings that come up. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions where motivation or direction feels unclear.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical experiments and small behavior changes to reduce worry, lift mood, and improve daily functioning.
Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help people notice sensations and emotions without reacting automatically. These practices support stress management and reduce rumination.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then tailor techniques from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and DBT as needed. That way the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online therapy with a licensed professional offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when video isn't possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or moments when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines.
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