- Client-centered approach
- Practical problem solving
- Experience with grief
About Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Sanders is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience. She offers a calm, welcoming approach and focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, grief, and life transitions.
She uses a client-centered style that honors each person's goals and pace. Sessions are conversational and grounded in real life. She helps people clarify what matters most and make step-by-step changes that fit their routines.
Her background includes long-term work with caregivers, people facing aging and end-of-life concerns, and those managing loss. She also brings experience with relationship and intimacy-related struggles, parenting challenges, blended family patterns, and issues connected to adoption and foster care.
Gwendolyn draws on a mix of approaches to meet different needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps when thoughts and habits keep someone stuck. Motivational Interviewing supports people trying to make a change but feeling unsure how to start. Client-centered work keeps the conversation focused on the person in front of her.
People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation and practical steps. Her tone is relaxed and inviting, and she aims to build a plan that fits each person's life. She practices in Mississippi and holds MS LCSW and LA LCSW credentials.
How her approaches guide online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The therapist creates space for people to talk about what matters most and then helps shape goals and next steps based on those priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It is useful for addressing anxiety, depression, and stress by identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing small behavior changes.
Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, collaborative way to boost motivation for change. It helps when someone wants to make a shift but feels unsure how to begin or stick with it.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as goals evolve.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around family, work, or caregiving responsibilities. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or avoid the need to travel on busy days.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Louisiana, Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with relationship, family, grief, intimacy, parenting, stress, anxiety, and depression concerns, plus areas like caregiving, adoption and foster care, and codependency.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is relaxed and inviting. She practices client-centered therapy and focuses conversations on each person's goals and preferences.
How much experience does she have?
She brings over 20 years of clinical experience working with caregivers, grief and loss, aging-related issues, and relationship concerns.
What credentials and region does she represent?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with MS LCSW and LA LCSW credentials and practices in Mississippi.
In which languages are sessions available?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.