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Gwendolyn Boyd-McGhee

Gwendolyn Boyd-McGhee, LPC

Texas

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Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Mood Concerns

  • client-centered approach
  • CBT techniques
  • values-based work

About Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn Boyd-McGhee is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with three years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, and other mood or life-change issues. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps clients can use between appointments.

She uses a client-centered stance and listens closely to what matters most to each person. That means treatment is shaped around the client’s goals and daily reality rather than a fixed formula. Gwendolyn helps people build coping skills, manage symptoms, and notice patterns that keep problems repeating.

Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people notice their values and take action that aligns with those values. Solution-Focused techniques are used when clients want short-term, goal-oriented work.

In sessions she often breaks concerns into small, workable steps. That can include skill practice, brief experiments, or reframing thoughts so they cause less reactivity. She helps people figure out what works for them in day-to-day life and adjust strategies as needed.

Gwendolyn takes a straightforward, respectful tone in session. She supports people coping with grief, trauma, burnout, parenting stress, intimacy struggles, career transitions, and issues tied to identity. Work can focus on symptom relief, clearer communication, or steady behavior change over time.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Gwendolyn uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core parts of her work. ACT helps people notice what matters to them and take steps that match those values, which can reduce reactivity and long-term frustration. CBT focuses on identifying and changing the thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anger, anxiety, and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work she does with clients. She collaborates with each person to decide whether ACT, CBT, or a solution-focused tactic best fits their goals, daily life, and how quickly they want to see change. That collaborative decision is revisited as needs shift.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins on high-stress days, or remove commute time when addressing work-related anger and stress. Therapists can also adapt exercises and homework for remote use so progress continues between sessions.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Solution-Focused Therapy

Experience

3+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, and related mood issues.

What is her style in therapy?

She takes a client-centered, collaborative approach and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas.

What credential and location does she hold?

She is an LPC licensed in Texas.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current online and in-person options before booking.

How are sessions paid for and what is the cost?

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

How do I start working with her?

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