About Whitney
Whitney Wanderscheid is a licensed professional counselor with a focus on meeting people where they are. She holds LPC-MH and LMHC credentials and brings eight years of clinical experience to her work in Iowa. Her approach is respectful and straightforward, aimed at helping people take practical steps toward feeling better.
She centers sessions on the individual’s needs and goals. That means listening first, then offering ways to move forward that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Whitney uses simple, evidence-based strategies and adapts them to what feels most helpful for the client. Her background includes time in school settings, independent practice, and community mental health. Those different roles shaped a flexible style that suits both short-term problem solving and deeper growth.
She draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy when appropriate. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues like parenting strain, communication problems, career decisions, and feeling isolated.
Sessions aim to be practical and supportive. Whitney helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills, and track progress. She emphasizes collaboration and steady steps rather than quick fixes.
Approaches and How Online Therapy Fits Your Life
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the client leads the conversation. The therapist listens deeply and reflects back what matters most, helping people clarify their goals and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It offers practical exercises to shift unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and low mood.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on specific, achievable goals and small changes that make a difference. It’s useful when someone wants quick strategies to manage stress, improve communication, or handle a concrete problem.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That plan can change as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online therapy makes these approaches easier to access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for a full-session conversation. Phone can help when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can suit quick check-ins, brief coaching moments, or times when writing helps process thoughts. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska
- Languages
- English