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Gwendolyn Sanders

Compassionate LCSW guiding practical change

LCSW Mississippi

Experience
20 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Family, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn Sanders is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 20 years of clinical experience in Mississippi and Louisiana. She blends practical, evidence-informed strategies with a warm, client-centered stance to help people navigate relationship difficulties, grief and loss, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, and depression.

Background and approach

Her background includes supporting families, caregivers, and those facing aging or health-related concerns such as cancer and hospice or end-of-life issues. Sanders also brings focused attention to adoption and foster care dynamics, blended family complications, communication and commitment concerns, codependency, and the aftereffects of divorce or separation.

She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered methods and motivational interviewing to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, clarify goals, and develop concrete coping skills. The therapist emphasizes a relaxed, inviting approach that encourages collaboration so each person can find personalized strategies that fit their life and circumstances.

Combining Collaborative Approaches with Online Care

Gwendolyn Sanders draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify thought and behavior patterns that contribute to stress, anxiety, or depression, then practice specific strategies to change them. She also uses client-centered therapy, offering an empathic, nonjudgmental stance that prioritizes each person's experience and supports self-directed growth. Motivational interviewing complements these approaches when clients need help clarifying values and strengthening motivation for change.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the therapeutic process, and she works collaboratively with clients to determine which approaches best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration guides how sessions are structured and which skills or insights are emphasized over time.

Online therapy with Sanders is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while accommodating work, caregiving, or mobility constraints, and allow practical application of CBT skills and reflective client-centered work between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Her practice focuses on relationship and family challenges, grief and loss, intimacy-related issues, parenting, stress, anxiety, and depression, along with related areas such as adoption and foster care and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a relaxed, inviting, client-centered style and integrates approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and motivational interviewing to help clients set goals and build practical skills.
What is her professional background?
She has over 20 years of experience working with families, caregivers, veterans, and people coping with grief, aging, and employment or relationship issues.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds LCSW credentials in Mississippi and Louisiana with licensing details MS LCSW C7373 and LA LCSW 4443.
Does she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issues

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyDepression

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily problemsHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational Interviewing

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Louisiana, Mississippi

Languages

English