Vanessa Blanchette , LCSW

Vanessa Blanchette is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin who brings a decade of experience in mental health care. She has worked across multiple settings, beginning as a crisis counselor, then serving as a therapist with the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, and most recently working as an outpatient counselor and Clinical Director at an outpatient clinic in Green Bay for the past five years. Vanessa combines compassion and practical skill to create a nonjudgmental space where individuals, couples, and families can explore their stories and work toward meaningful change.

Her approach draws on a range of evidence-based techniques, adapted to each person’s needs. She integrates cognitive behavioral ideas with mindfulness and attachment-informed perspectives, and she has pursued recent trainings in trauma-focused work including CTTP, Brainspotting, and EMDR as well as additional mindfulness training. Humor and genuine empathy are also part of her approach, helping clients navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, trauma and abuse, and other life transitions.

Vanessa emphasizes collaboration, meeting people where they are and tailoring methods to fit unique experiences. She works in English and is experienced supporting LGBT clients among a broad range of presenting concerns.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Virtual Care

Vanessa draws on well-established, practical methods to support clients in an online setting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and to build practical coping skills. Mindfulness-informed approaches emphasize present-moment awareness and gentle self-observation to help with emotion regulation, rumination, sleep difficulties, and everyday stress. Trauma-focused techniques such as EMDR and Brainspotting are used to address the lasting effects of traumatic experiences by working with the body and attention to process distressing memories and reduce their intensity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Vanessa treats this as a collaborative process. She partners with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and to adapt methods so they feel appropriate and effective for that individual or couple.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and for clients living in different locations, including international clients. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging make it possible to engage in consistent therapy without travel, making regular care more accessible while preserving the same professional standards provided by licensed professionals.