Gwen K Pedersen is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Borderline Personality, Chronic Illness, Divorce, Family Conflict, Learning Disabilities, Parenting, Self Esteem, Sleep or Insomnia, Weight Loss, and Women's Issues. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I have been a practicing therapist since 1998. I have a varied background of experiences over the last 2 decades. My primary focus is to work with adults and couples. My goal is to help clients build on the strengths that they already have with an approach that is best suited for them whether that be shame resilience, cognitive re-framing, learning healthier relationship boundaries, emphasizing optimal lifestyle, and more. I have many clients that focus on their Christian or a spiritual/religious faith background as a source of healing and I readily encourage them in their faith. Shame resilience focus is looking at the role of shame in one’s life and building on awareness of it as well as resilience to it. Cognitive re-framing helps people see the world from new perspectives, including the perspectives of others in their life. A strength-based approach is one that allows clients to learn to rely on themselves and believe in their own ability to heal, grow, relate to others without hav