- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
About Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Scrutchins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with nine years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively in correctional settings and with people facing mood concerns, substance issues, trauma, and attention difficulties. She lists Emotionally-Focused Therapy among her approaches and draws on several other methods to help clients manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Her style is direct and listening-focused. Sessions typically include active listening, reflective feedback, and practical steps clients can try between meetings. Gwendolyn uses straightforward talk, written planning, and skill practice to address problems like anxiety, depression, sleep disruption, and difficulties with relationships or parenting.
She combines techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with tools from motivational interviewing and EMDR when appropriate. That blend is used to address unhelpful thoughts, build coping skills, and process distressing memories. The therapist also supports people working through addictions, grief, and changes such as divorce and caregiving responsibilities.
Documentation and treatment planning are part of her background, so clients can expect structured goal-setting and progress notes that track what was covered. Gwendolyn also has experience with a wide range of specific issues including body image, communication problems, and trauma from abuse or violence.
Sessions are conducted in English. International clients are not accepted. Prospective clients are invited to use the site's matching tools to choose and schedule an initial session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is centered on naming and working with emotions and relationship patterns. In sessions she may help clients identify hard-to-label feelings and notice how those feelings shape interactions and personal choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with simple experiments and behavior changes to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice internal experiences, clarify values, and take small actions that align with those values rather than getting stuck on trying to control feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options and adjust methods based on a client's goals, preferences, and how they respond in early sessions. That collaborative process helps determine whether EFT, CBT, ACT, or another method best suits a person's needs.
The platform guides you through matching and scheduling. The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people choose quieter surroundings or avoid travel. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to teach skills, review homework, process memories, and plan next steps in ways similar to in-person care.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and related areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her sessions focus on active listening and practical steps. She uses reflective feedback and skill practice to help people manage symptoms and improve daily routines.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience, including work in correctional settings and roles that involved treatment planning and progress documentation.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, credentialed in Georgia.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and services. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.