About Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Young uses a person-centered approach to guide people through difficult times. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of practice and focuses on addiction-related concerns alongside mood and stress issues. She aims to help people find clarity and rebuild after painful experiences.
Gwendolyn draws on life experience alongside formal education to inform her work. She holds a master's degree in professional counseling, a master's degree in addiction counseling, and a post-master's in addiction specialization.
How Gwendolyn works
Those qualifications shape how she listens and responds in sessions. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, bipolar mood issues, and ADHD. She also helps people with intimacy-related issues, communication problems, anger, and struggles around self-esteem and life purpose.
She works with issues that often accompany trauma and loss. In sessions she emphasizes the person at the center of treatment. She uses client-centered methods and draws from cognitive behavioral and dialectical approaches when helpful.
She also incorporates existential thinking and motivational interviewing to explore values and drive change. Gwendolyn’s style is steady and hopeful. She helps people talk through what’s hard, identify patterns, and try small changes that can make life easier.
Her approach aims to be practical and respectful of each person’s story.
Gwendolyn lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping the person feel heard. It is useful for people who need a calm, steady space to make sense of difficult feelings and life events.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It helps people identify unhelpful patterns and try practical strategies to change them, which can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It can be helpful for those struggling with strong mood swings, anger, or difficulties regulating emotions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life to decide which methods to use. That makes it easier to try strategies that fit the person and adjust them over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow longer, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone send updates or coping notes between sessions. These options can make it easier to maintain regular care around work, family, or other commitments.
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