Wendy Van Keulen, LCSW
Licensed in Illinois · 15 years in practice
Wendy Van Keulen is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 15 years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and major life transitions.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149014338 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1326344284 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Wendy
Wendy Van Keulen is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 15 years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and major life transitions. She speaks English and Spanish and offers sessions to people located in Illinois. Wendy aims to meet people where they are and shape care around each person’s needs.
Her work focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable.
Background and approach
She helps people talk through painful memories, repair communication, and find ways to cope after loss. When parenting feels overwhelming, she supports parents in developing clearer routines and calmer responses. Wendy tailors conversations and treatment plans to the individual.
That means listening first, then trying approaches that fit a person’s temperament and goals. She brings sensitivity and respect to difficult topics like divorce, domestic violence, and caregiver stress. Over 15 years she has supported people facing attachment issues, isolation, dissociation, fertility struggles, and end-of-life concerns.
Her background includes work with blended family challenges, family-of-origin problems, and immigration-related stress. People who choose Wendy often want steady guidance rather than quick fixes. Sessions focus on building skills for communication, managing emotions, and handling life changes.
She views the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative effort toward clearer choices and greater ease in day-to-day life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Wendy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
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Practical therapeutic approaches and online care
Wendy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on real problems and everyday change. One common approach she uses helps people process painful memories and reduce the ways those memories affect current relationships, which can be useful for trauma, abuse, and dissociation. Another commonly used method emphasizes improving communication and problem-solving skills so partners or parents can manage conflict more calmly and clearly, which helps with relationship strain, blended family issues, and caregiving stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Wendy listens to your concerns, discusses options, and tries methods that align with your goals and preferences. She treats therapy as a collaboration and adjusts strategies based on what’s helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you work face to face, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging allows for ongoing support between appointments. These formats help people fit care into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Wendy work with?
She helps people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, communication problems, and isolation.
What is Wendy's style in therapy?
Her approach is practical and person-centered. She listens first, then shapes conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs and goals.
How much experience does she have?
Wendy has more than 15 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and provides services to people in that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is delivered via a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Wendy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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