Dr. Tuwana Wingfield, LCSW

Licensed in Illinois · 12 years in practice

Dr. Tuwana Wingfield meets people where they are and helps them manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and major life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149.012576 · expires November 2027
LCSW, Arizona: LCSW-21897 · expires October 2027
NPI: 1326617473 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 12
Languages: English

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About Tuwana

Dr. Tuwana Wingfield meets people where they are and helps them manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and major life changes. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and brings direct practice experience to conversations about parenting, career concerns, grief, trauma, and mood struggles.

Her tone is warm and practical, focused on clear steps you can try between sessions. She uses a client-centered stance that keeps each person's values and goals in view.

Background and approach

Sessions are collaborative and geared toward immediate problems and longer-term patterns. Conversations often include strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are used to help calm intense feelings and build steady routines.

Solution-focused methods support setting small, reachable goals and tracking progress. Narrative approaches can be helpful for people who want to make sense of painful events or shifting identities. Her background includes 12 years of direct clinical practice across community agencies, schools, early childhood programs, and employee assistance settings.

This experience informs work with a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, compassion fatigue, eating issues, and attachment or abandonment worries. Dr. Wingfield aims to create a respectful space that treats people with dignity.

She tailors conversations and strategies to each person's needs. If you want straightforward tools and a calm collaborative presence, she focuses on building practical skills and clearer choices.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Tuwana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Tuwana names

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Online support

Approaches that fit your life and schedule

Dr. Wingfield uses client-centered work to make sure conversations focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. That approach emphasizes respect, active listening, and building on the strengths a person already has to face current problems and decisions.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or lift mood. Solution-focused work is often paired with this, breaking down goals into short, achievable steps so progress is visible sooner.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She collaborates with each client to decide which methods to try, adjusts plans based on what helps, and keeps the focus on concrete goals and coping tools that fit personal values.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video works well for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or ongoing accountability between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What issues does this therapist commonly address?

She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, career stress, and ADHD among other difficulties.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm and interactive, focusing on collaboration and practical steps. Sessions blend listening with tools to try between meetings.

What is her professional background?

She has 12 years of direct clinical practice experience and has worked in schools, community agencies, early childhood programs, child welfare, and employee assistance programs.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds LCSW credentials in Illinois and Arizona and is based in Illinois.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does pricing and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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