About Whitney
Whitney Wanderscheid is a licensed professional counselor with mental health endorsement and a licensed mental health counselor. She brings eight years of experience to her work and is based in Iowa. Whitney aims to meet each person with compassion and respect and to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental space for the work ahead.
She centers the relationship in therapy and focuses on individual needs. That means sessions start with what a person wants to change and what matters most to them.
How Whitney works
Whitney helps people set goals and take small, practical steps toward those goals. Her approach adapts to the person in front of her. She uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s lead, cognitive behavioral ideas to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts, and solution-focused strategies to build on strengths and quick gains.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Whitney has worked in schools, independent practice, and community mental health settings. That range of experience informs how she supports people through stress, grief, mood changes, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, work issues, and trauma-related worries.
She also addresses caregiving stress, communication problems, impulsivity, isolation, life purpose questions, and coping with life changes. Whitney aims to empower people to move forward without minimizing how hard the work can be.
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What Whitney works with
The areas below are the ones Whitney selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC-MH, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. The therapist listens carefully, follows your lead, and helps you name what matters. This approach suits concerns where understanding feelings and personal goals is the priority.Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to test new responses. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood challenges.
Solution-focused therapy emphasizes small, achievable steps and builds on what already works. It aims for quick, practical changes and can be helpful when someone wants tangible progress in a shorter time frame.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - video for face-to-face conversation, phone for lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in, and chat or messaging for brief updates and ongoing support. The range of options gives people flexibility to choose what works best for them.
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