Wendy Katz, LICSW

Wendy Katz is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Washington with 20 years of professional experience supporting people through grief and loss, stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, depression, and major life changes. She offers steady, experienced guidance to help clients make sense of difficult emotions and navigate transitions with greater clarity and resilience.

Wendy cultivates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and explored. Her approach centers on listening carefully, validating experience, and collaborating with each person to identify practical coping strategies that fit their circumstances and goals. She works with individuals facing compassion fatigue, addictions, family concerns, trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, self-esteem struggles, career questions, and bipolar disorder.

Recognizing how courageous it can be to begin therapy, Wendy strives to make the first steps as welcoming as possible. She aims to support clients in building tools for everyday challenges while honoring each person’s pace and priorities.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Wendy Katz uses evidence-informed methods to help clients address emotional and behavioral concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes values-based action and learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings so they have less control over choices and quality of life. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a structured approach that can help people process traumatic memories and reduce the intensity of distress associated with them.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Wendy collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time as progress and priorities evolve. Licensed professionals and therapists often combine techniques to tailor care to each person.

Online therapy formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to access consistent support from home or work. These options allow clients to continue care during life transitions, manage busy schedules, and maintain regular contact with their therapist in ways that suit their routines.