Therapist profile
Wendy Goffena, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and parenting focus
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- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- EMDR processing
About Wendy
Wendy Goffena is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nine years holding clinical licensure and a total of 24 years working in mental health. She practices in Montana and supports adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strains, and sleep problems. Her background includes work with veterans, people with severe mental illness, and those involved in the legal system.
Goffena draws on a mix of practical therapies rather than a single method. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. She also teaches skills from dialectical behavior work for mood regulation and distress tolerance. Other tools she offers include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and EMDR for processing traumatic memories.
Her clinical history includes community mental health, medical social work with people facing late-stage illness, residential treatment for adolescents, correctional settings, child protective services, and outpatient day programs. That variety informs how she adjusts pacing, goals, and skill-building to real life demands like work and caregiving.
Sessions focus on what a person can do between visits. Goffena works collaboratively to set concrete goals, practice coping strategies, and strengthen communication or parenting skills. She often uses strengths-based and motivational interviewing ideas to help people move through resistance and build confidence.
Outside of therapy she spends time in Montana’s outdoors, hiking, fishing, gardening, and making art. Those interests shape a straightforward style that aims to be practical and down-to-earth.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values-based action and mindful awareness. It helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when thoughts or feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and provides practical tools for shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and routines. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers structured processing for disturbing memories that continue to affect daily functioning and relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to try methods that fit the person’s goals and comfort level. That may mean starting with skills training, moving to acceptance strategies, or adding trauma processing later. Decisions are made together and adjusted as progress and needs become clearer.
Confirm the specific session formats before scheduling since the biography does not list them. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allowing shorter check-ins around work or caregiving, or avoiding travel time. Online work can also let clients practice new skills between sessions in their usual routines, which helps translate therapy into everyday life.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Montana, Wyoming
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she work with?
She sees adults for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, and related issues.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her approach is client-centered and practical. She combines strengths-based work, motivational interviewing, and skills training to set concrete goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years as a licensed clinician and 24 years total working in mental health settings across community, medical, residential, and correctional programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCSW credentials in Wyoming and Montana and practices in Montana.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biographical summary.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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