Dr. Wendy Whinnery
Compassionate counselor guiding practical change
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Wendy
Dr. Wendy Whinnery is a licensed mental health counselor based in New York who works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and related concerns.
Background and approach
With ten years of clinical experience, she draws on a client-centered stance that values warmth, genuineness, and respect for each person’s perspective while helping them learn practical tools to navigate life’s challenges.
Her background includes advanced academic training in counselor education and trauma, and she integrates evidence-informed strategies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and solution-focused techniques as appropriate to each client’s needs. She has experience helping people with grief, relationship difficulties, parenting questions, substance concerns, identity-related issues, and a range of mood and personality challenges.
Dr. Whinnery emphasizes collaboration, teaching skills for coping and change, and creating a welcoming therapeutic environment where clients can work toward their goals.
Approaches that guide online care and everyday coping
Dr. Whinnery often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies to change behaviors and emotional responses; this approach is frequently applied for anxiety, depression, and coping challenges. She also draws from Client-Centered Therapy, prioritizing an accepting, empathic therapeutic relationship in which clients’ perspectives and goals shape the work. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is another tool she may integrate when clients need support building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process: the therapist and client consider presenting concerns, goals, and personal preferences to determine which techniques and priorities will best support progress. Treatment plans may combine elements from different models so therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy with her is offered through multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for scheduling and allow clients to continue work from different locations while maintaining continuity of care. The range of formats supports varied communication styles and makes it easier to practice skills between sessions.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English