Wendy Schultz, LCSW

Wendy Schultz, LCSW, is licensed in Illinois and has 11 years of practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, and other life challenges. She says she focuses on integration, skills training, and a strengths-based approach. Sessions include practical exercises and motivation to help people build habits that support daily functioning.

Wendy describes therapy as part of maintaining good health. She often meets people who feel ambivalent about goals, uninspired, or overwhelmed by life changes. She offers therapeutic support alongside creative processes to help clarify priorities and make small changes that stick. Her work emphasizes learning simple, useful skills rather than long lectures.

Her approach includes a mix of methods to match client needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address intense emotions in the moment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and she may employ hypnotherapy when appropriate. Client-centered principles shape sessions so people can speak openly about their concerns.

Wendy aims to give practical, doable assignments between sessions. She offers challenging exercises when clients want active, skills-focused work. Many people come for help with self-esteem, career obstacles, grief, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, or coping with major life transitions.

She asks people to see therapy as a commitment to themselves. The first steps include completing basic intake information and setting measurable short-term goals. This helps make sessions feel focused and useful from the start.

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