Gretchen Landry, LCSW

Gretchen Landry is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 15 years of practice. She brings experience from medical social work and a broad clinical background to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Gretchen also supports parents, caregivers, and people coping with chronic illness, cancer, or major life changes.

Her approach is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on clear steps and practical goals. She listens, helps people name where they are, and works with them to move forward at a manageable pace.

Gretchen uses several therapeutic methods depending on what the person needs. These include cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity, and acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and guide action. Motivational interviewing and a client-centered stance inform how she collaborates with clients.

She has specific experience addressing caregiver stress, adoption and foster care concerns, family-of-origin issues, and end-of-life and hospice-related needs. Her medical social work background offers familiarity with how illness affects mood, behavior, and family roles.

People who want straightforward, compassionate support tend to do well with her style. She aims to make therapy a space for steady progress rather than quick fixes. To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Gretchen uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day concerns where concrete strategies help reduce distress.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking committed steps toward them even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. ACT can be helpful for coping with chronic illness, grief, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gretchen will discuss methods with each person and collaborate to decide what fits their goals and preferences. This means adapting techniques over time and combining tools from different approaches when useful.

Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people avoid travel time for appointments. Therapists generally tailor session pacing and techniques to work well in virtual meetings so progress can continue when in-person visits are not an option.