- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting support
About Xanic
Xanic Wood is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Connecticut with eight years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and depression, and she also focuses on life purpose concerns. Xanic meets adults who feel stuck after changes in work, relationships, or health and wants to find clearer next steps.
She has practiced in outpatient and intensive mental health settings. That background means she is familiar with managing serious distress and with supporting people after traumatic events. Xanic describes the therapeutic relationship as central and starts work from whatever stage a person is at, rather than expecting a clear plan at the outset.
In sessions she talks through immediate concerns like panic, low mood, or sleep disruption and works on practical ways to reduce daily stress. She also addresses parenting strain, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and caregiver stress when these are relevant. Communication struggles, guilt and shame, and family of origin problems are other common topics she helps people untangle.
Xanic also supports people coping with chronic illness or pain, separation and divorce, domestic violence histories, and the emotional fallout of natural or human-caused disasters. She pays attention to impulsivity and mood regulation issues such as Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder when they affect functioning.
People can expect straightforward conversations about goals and manageable steps toward them. To begin, clients use the site intake flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work fits
Many clinicians who describe their work as using evidence-based therapeutic techniques draw on methods that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and on building skills to manage intense emotions. Cognitive-style approaches help people examine patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood and practice alternative responses that reduce distress. Skills-based emotion work teaches practical strategies for calming the body, tolerating strong feelings, and improving impulse control.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to identify which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust plans over time based on what helps most.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy week, such as shorter check-ins during a lunch break or avoiding travel time after work. Online work can also make it easier to continue ongoing care after a move or schedule change.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting difficulties, and depression, plus related issues such as attachment, abandonment, and life purpose.
How does she approach someone feeling stuck?
She focuses on the therapeutic relationship and begins from where the person is. Sessions include practical conversation about current problems and small, concrete steps forward.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience in outpatient and intensive mental health settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Connecticut Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CT LCSW) based in Connecticut.
Can I work with her in other languages or from abroad?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.