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Gwendolyn Sanders, LCSW
Mississippi
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Relationships and Grief
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- Client-centered care
- Motivational interviewing
About Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Sanders is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 20 years of experience in Mississippi and Louisiana. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, parenting, stress, anxiety, and depression. She also addresses adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric concerns, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress.
Gwendolyn uses a straightforward, client-centered approach in sessions. She listens to what matters most and helps people identify small, practical steps to try between meetings. Sessions often include noticing unhelpful thoughts or patterns and testing new ways to respond in daily life.
Her background includes long-term work with veterans, caregivers, and people facing end-of-life concerns and chronic illness. That experience shapes how she supports people through major life transitions, hospice and bereavement situations, and the stress of medical crises.
Gwendolyn draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thinking habits that feed anxiety or depression and to replace them with more useful actions. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the person’s own goals, and Motivational Interviewing to help clarify readiness for change.
Sessions are practical and focused on clear goals. She helps people improve communication, manage codependency and commitment worries, cope with divorce or separation, and work through feelings of isolation. The emphasis is on usable strategies that fit everyday life.
How Gwendolyn’s approaches translate to online sessions
Gwendolyn uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or depression and to test practical behavior changes. CBT sessions typically focus on concrete skills you can try between meetings, such as thought records, behavioral experiments, and activity scheduling.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on the person’s own goals and priorities. This approach emphasizes listening and collaboration so the client helps set the pace and topics. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone is weighing change; it helps clarify personal reasons for change and builds commitment in small steps.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and preferences. That process often includes reviewing what has worked before and adjusting strategies over time.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people participate without travel time. Practical scheduling that fits everyday life is often the main benefit.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Louisiana, Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with most often?
She helps people with relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, parenting, stress, anxiety, and depression. Additional topics include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and end-of-life matters.
How does she use CBT in sessions?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. The work is practical and often includes exercises to practice between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has more than 20 years of experience working with veterans, caregivers, and people facing bereavement, medical crises, and life transitions. That experience informs her approach to complex family and caregiving issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an MS LCSW and LA LCSW practicing from Mississippi. Those credentials indicate her Licensed Clinical Social Worker status in those states.
What languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept clients from other countries?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing details are provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
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