Wendy Gilchrist

Wendy Gilchrist, LCPC, blends two decades of clinical work with a background in nonprofit leadership and business. Her career began after an MBA, when she launched organizations to assist homeless boys and survivors of abuse and to create economic opportunities for disadvantaged populations. That early combination of humanitarian values and organizational development informs her approach to clinical practice.

As a licensed clinical professional counselor, she has worked with individuals of all ages, families, and groups, and has clinical exposure to trauma and loss. Her clinical settings have included hospital psychiatric units and a recognized trauma informed program. Gilchrist’s specialty areas include stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, grief and relationship challenges, anger and self esteem, career transitions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

She also attends to related concerns such as abandonment, body image, chronic illness and pain, codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, and family of origin issues. Her training encompasses client-centered, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative, and psychodynamic approaches, which she draws on to tailor work to each person’s circumstances and goals.