- Attachment-based work
- Psychodynamic focus
- Solution-focused steps
About Wanda
Dr. Wanda Woodward is a Tennessee-licensed professional counselor - LPC-MHSP with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship problems, ADHD, and social anxiety and phobia. She also addresses work stress, intimacy-related worries, and questions about life purpose.
Dr. Woodward combines a client-centered stance with psychodynamic and attachment-based ideas. She pays attention to how early relationships and past wounds can shape current patterns. Sessions often look at feelings, relationship patterns, and practical steps to reduce stress.
Her background includes a doctorate in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling. She also spent many years in corporate human resources, which informs how she helps people manage workplace stress and career concerns. She has written on topics related to the psyche and personal growth.
In sessions she listens for how people describe themselves, their relationships, and their struggles with control, guilt, or shame. Conversations may include exploring attachment issues, communication problems, and patterns that repeat in close relationships. She draws on Jungian ideas when helpful to consider meaning, symbols, and personal development.
Dr. Woodward works with adult men and women and discusses gender differences in internal experience when it helps move work forward. Her practice focuses on clear goals and removing obstacles so clients can try new ways of coping and relating. To begin, prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How attachment, psychodynamic, and solution-focused work online
Dr. Woodward uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current connection patterns. This approach helps people who notice repeated problems in closeness, trust, or communication by naming patterns and practicing different responses.She also brings psychodynamic and Jungian-informed perspectives that attend to recurring themes, unconscious patterns, and personal meaning. This can help when past wounds or inner conflicts keep showing up in daily life and relationships.
Solution-focused elements are used to set small, concrete goals and to test change quickly. These steps help people manage stress, relationship friction, or social anxiety with practical experiments between sessions.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will help clients decide what fits best by talking through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. That decision is collaborative and can change over time.
The profile does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when you need them, or remove travel time that would otherwise disrupt the day. It can also let someone focus on voice-only sessions if they prefer not to use video. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to either in-person or supported remote formats depending on what is arranged.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship issues, ADHD, social anxiety and phobia, and related concerns such as isolation, control issues, and life purpose.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her work is client-centered with psychodynamic and attachment-based elements. She combines discussion of feelings and past patterns with practical strategies to reach client goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience in mental health and many years in corporate human resources, which shapes her approach to workplace and career stress.
What credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPC-MHSP licensed in Tennessee and practices with that credential in the state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.