Wendy Gaunt, LPC - Therapist in Pennsylvania

About Wendy

Wendy Gaunt is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She focuses on relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and stress. Wendy also addresses issues around identity, addiction, grief, intimacy, and parenting.

Her tone is direct and supportive for people who are worried and looking for practical help. Wendy describes counseling as a partnership. She centers sessions on each person’s strengths and choices.

Conversations are warm and straightforward, and she says she is willing to tackle difficult topics when needed.

Background and approach

The goal is to help people make manageable changes and feel steadier in daily life. Her clinical approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered principles. That means sessions often include noticing unhelpful thoughts, clarifying values, and looking at how past relationships shape current patterns.

Techniques are explained plainly and practiced together in session. Wendy has five years of clinical experience in diverse settings working with a wide range of concerns. She uses that background to offer practical tools alongside support.

She aims to help people build skills they can use between sessions. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Wendy holds the Pennsylvania LPC license number PA LPC PC012054 and frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on realistic next steps.

How Wendy’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Wendy commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy - a practical method that helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors - which can ease anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and take committed action toward meaningful goals.

These approaches are explored collaboratively. Wendy works with each person to decide what fits best for their situation and goals. She checks in about what works, adapts techniques, and sets realistic tasks to practice between sessions so therapy stays relevant to daily life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Sessions can be held by video call or phone when more real-time conversation is helpful. Live chat and text-based messaging provide ongoing support and brief check-ins between meetings. This mix makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to practice new skills in everyday moments.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Wendy work with?

She supports people facing relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting, and related concerns.

What is her counseling style like?

Her style is collaborative and direct. She emphasizes strengths and clear, practical steps while also holding space for difficult feelings.

What experience does she bring?

Wendy has five years of experience as a clinical mental health counselor in varied settings working with many presenting problems.

What credentials and where is she licensed?

She is a licensed professional counselor with the Pennsylvania LPC license PA LPC PC012054 and practices in Pennsylvania.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem

Also works with

Addictions
Anger management
Attachment issues
Bipolar disorder
Career difficulties
Caregiver issues and stress
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Compassion fatigue
Control issues
Coping with life changes
Depression
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Eating disorders
Emptiness
Family conflicts
Family problems
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Grief
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Intimacy-related issues
Isolation / loneliness
LGBT
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Parenting issues
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Sleeping disorders
Social anxiety and phobia
Stress, Anxiety
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 5 years
Licensed: Pennsylvania
Languages: English

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