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Gwendolyn Young

Compassionate, practical therapy for life’s challenges

LPC Virginia

Experience
11 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn Young draws on cognitive behavioral principles alongside person-centered care to help clients identify unhelpful patterns and build practical skills for change. She blends CBT with other evidence-informed approaches to address anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and a wide range of mood and coping concerns.

Background and approach

With 11 years of practice as an LPC, she frames work around attainable steps while honoring each person’s lived experience and personal values. Her background includes focused study in addiction counseling and a post-master's specialization in that area, and she brings that knowledge to work with substance use and related challenges such as drug and alcohol addiction.

Gwendolyn emphasizes collaboration, helping people explore attachment and communication patterns, manage anger, navigate life transitions, and cope with trauma and intimacy-related issues. She also supports those facing career strain, parenting stress, body image struggles, and complex mood presentations like bipolar and ADHD-related concerns.

Based in Virginia, she offers a compassionate, strengths-oriented approach that centers the client’s perspective while using structured strategies when helpful. Gwendolyn aims to create a space where practical skills and personal meaning come together to support lasting change.

Combining practical strategies and person-centered care online

Gwendolyn uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools for managing anxiety, mood symptoms, and addictive patterns. She also practices client-centered therapy, focusing on empathy, active listening, and supporting each person’s own pace of growth as they explore meaning, values, and personal strengths. When appropriate, she incorporates dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness techniques that can be useful for managing intense emotions and relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to clarify goals, assess what methods seem most useful, and adjust the plan over time so the work fits the individual’s needs and preferences rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allows for flexibility in scheduling and communication style. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care around work, family, or geographic constraints while still accessing licensed professional support and structured therapeutic tools.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her practice mixes client-centered care with structured methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to combine empathy with practical skills.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor and has completed advanced study in addiction counseling and a post-master's specialization.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC licensed in Virginia with licence number VA LPC 0701010527 and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Clients can choose from video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to their needs and availability.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsGriefSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDrug and alcohol addictionForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English