Gretchen Landry

Gretchen Landry is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Louisiana with 15 years of experience. She has worked across medical and community settings and supports people facing depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and serious medical diagnoses. Gretchen brings a warm, interactive manner to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

Her background includes extensive medical social work, so she understands how illness and treatment affect daily life and emotions. That experience informs how she frames goals and coping strategies. She uses straightforward language and tailors pacing to each person’s situation.

In sessions she aims to help people recognize where they are and decide what change looks like. Conversations tend to be collaborative rather than prescriptive. She draws on approaches that help people notice patterns, set values-based goals, and build skills for managing stress and mood.

Gretchen works with clients dealing with grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, and the ripple effects of caregiving and chronic illness. She also supports those navigating divorce and separation and other life transitions. Her style is steady, encouraging, and focused on usable outcomes.

People who choose her often want clear next steps and a compassionate guide. She emphasizes small, sustainable changes that fit into busy lives. To begin, she helps clients set realistic goals and tracks progress together.

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even when hard thoughts or feelings show up. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and learning concrete skills to shift them; it is commonly used for anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens and follows the client's lead to build insight and resilience.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Gretchen will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means checking in about what helps, adjusting techniques over time, and combining elements from different approaches when useful.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time for appointments. It also lets people use methods like values work, skill practice, and motivational interviewing exercises in flexible ways that can be repeated between meetings.