Wendy Kesel, LCSW-R

Wendy Kesel is a licensed social worker in New York with 26 years of professional experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing big life changes. Wendy also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, mood challenges such as depression or bipolar, and identity questions related to LGBT issues.

Wendy aims to make sessions feel open and nonjudgmental. She invites straightforward conversation about feelings and reactions. Clients can expect a steady presence that focuses on practical steps and clearer thinking.

Her work draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice harmful patterns and choose different responses. Attachment-based and client-centered methods shape how she attends to relationships and emotional safety in the room.

Wendy often helps people manage anger, control or commitment worries, and career stress. She also supports parents, caregivers, and those facing medical or caregiving burdens. Concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, and body image are included in her practice.

Sessions include talking through current struggles, building everyday coping skills, and setting concrete goals. Many clients move from feeling stuck toward clearer priorities and calmer daily routines. To begin, a simple matching process connects you to a suitable schedule and plan.

How Wendy’s Approaches Fit Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a more meaningful life, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors feed each other and teaches practical skills to shift those patterns, often helping with stress, mood, and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to test what helps most, tweak strategies, and choose goals that match daily life and priorities. That collaborative process makes it easier to try different tools and see what fits.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone keep treatment consistent during life changes or when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools to work in a remote setting, using conversation, goal-setting, and simple at-home exercises to build new habits.