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Online therapist

Wendi Makus

Practical, trauma-informed counseling for everyday life

Credentials
LPC
Experience
13 years
Licensed in
Arkansas, Oregon, Maine
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Wendi

Wendi Makus is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who draws on several evidence-based therapies to help people make practical changes. She emphasizes whole-person care and focuses on helping clients reduce distress and build more helpful habits. Her style is grounded and straightforward so parents can follow along even on a busy day.

Wendi blends approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based work. She also uses trauma-informed methods to address upsetting past events.

Background and approach

Sessions typically involve noticing what matters to the client, learning simple skills, and trying small changes between meetings. Her background includes 13 years of counseling experience and training in trauma-focused methods. She has additional training in narrative-style seed digging therapy, which looks at long-held beliefs and offers ways to reshape them.

Wendi explains ideas in plain language and builds steps that people can use right away. She works with a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting, relationship strain, and addiction-related issues. Her approach is goal-driven and practical, with attention to how past attachments and life events influence present reactions.

Wendi is based in Arkansas and holds the LPC credential. She offers several online session formats to fit different schedules and preferences. If someone wants to start, she asks them to pick goals and try one small change between sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people develop more supported ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. Wendi will listen to goals and preferences, try a method, and adjust the plan if needed. The process aims to be collaborative and practical so people can see what helps sooner rather than later.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. These formats let people fit sessions around parenting, work, and other responsibilities while still using structured techniques and goal-oriented steps. The combination of flexible formats and evidence-informed methods helps people practice new skills in their everyday life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Wendi help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, parenting concerns, addiction-related problems, and many related struggles listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and whole-person focused. She uses skills training, values-based work, and conversation to help people try small, doable changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Wendi has 13 years of counseling experience and training in trauma-informed methods and narrative techniques.
What credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licence numbers AR LPC P1607096 and OR LPC C6617, and is based in Arkansas.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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