- Strengths focused
- Trauma informed
- Goal oriented
About Wendy
Wendy Goffena is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years as an LCSW and a long career in mental health. She works in Montana and brings broad clinical experience from community mental health, medical social work, residential treatment, corrections, child protective services, and outpatient programs. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, self esteem struggles, and life transitions.
Wendy uses a client-centered style. She treats people as experts on their own lives and works together with them to set goals. Sessions emphasize strengths, motivation, and practical steps that build confidence and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life.
Her approach draws on several well-known methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps clients notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches mood regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy uses acceptance and committed action to increase flexibility and forward movement. She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing past trauma when appropriate.
Wendy has experience across ages 18 to 90 and has supported people dealing with grief, anger, relationship strain, parenting stress, chronic illness, caregiver burnout, and career transitions. Her background includes work with veterans, people with complex needs, and court-mandated clients, giving her familiarity with varied challenges and systems.
Outside clinical work she spends time hiking, fishing, gardening, and making art. Those interests shape a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions and a belief that small changes can lead to more joy and freedom in everyday life.
Wendy uses a client-centered style. She treats people as experts on their own lives and works together with them to set goals. Sessions emphasize strengths, motivation, and practical steps that build confidence and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life.
Her approach draws on several well-known methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps clients notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches mood regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy uses acceptance and committed action to increase flexibility and forward movement. She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing past trauma when appropriate.
Wendy has experience across ages 18 to 90 and has supported people dealing with grief, anger, relationship strain, parenting stress, chronic illness, caregiver burnout, and career transitions. Her background includes work with veterans, people with complex needs, and court-mandated clients, giving her familiarity with varied challenges and systems.
Outside clinical work she spends time hiking, fishing, gardening, and making art. Those interests shape a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions and a belief that small changes can lead to more joy and freedom in everyday life.