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Dr. Tuwana Wingfield, LCSW

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Tuwana

Dr. Tuwana Wingfield offers a compassionate, strengths-based approach for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief, trauma, mood concerns, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She opens by focusing on what each person brings to therapy and collaborates to identify practical goals, helping clients regain balance and cope with challenges like parenting stress, career shifts, or the aftermath of loss and abuse. Dr.

Wingfield holds an LCSW and has twelve years of direct clinical practice experience. Her style is warm and interactive, grounded in client-centered values and informed by a range of therapeutic tools.

She draws on Internal Family Systems to help clients explore inner parts, and integrates cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness strategies to address thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. She has worked across settings including schools, community agencies, child welfare, employee assistance programs, and early childhood services, which shapes a pragmatic, solution-focused orientation to care.

Dr. Wingfield aims to treat people with dignity and cultural humility while supporting them to build on existing strengths as they work toward meaningful change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Internal Family Systems helps clients explore inner parts and the relationships between them, offering ways to understand conflicting thoughts or feelings and to develop more compassionate internal leadership. This approach can be helpful for people working through trauma, shame, or recurring patterns of emotion.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and collaboration so the client feels respected and heard while choosing their direction in therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical strategies, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Choosing the right approach often unfolds together; the therapist works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best match current goals, preferences, and life circumstances. This means clinical choices can evolve as progress is made and needs change.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and comfort levels. These options increase flexibility for people balancing work, family, or other commitments, and make it easier to maintain continuity of care when life gets busy or travel is needed.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Dr. Wingfield works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, and challenges related to career and life changes.
What is the general therapeutic approach used in sessions?
Sessions emphasize a client-centered, solution-focused style that blends Internal Family Systems, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, narrative approaches, and practical problem solving to fit each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does the therapist bring?
The therapist has 12 years of direct clinical practice experience and additional background working in higher education and multiple community settings.
What credentials and location are associated with this provider?
This clinician is an LCSW practicing in Illinois with license details IL LCSW 149.012576 and AZ LCSW LCSW-21897 noted in their profile.
Is language a barrier for international clients?
Therapy is offered in English and the therapist is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Illinois, Arizona

Languages

English