Madeline Wend, LPC, LPC-MH
Guiding people from hurt to healthier living
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- Skills focused
- Practical strategies
- English only
About Madeline
Madeline Wend is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and works with people who are trying to move from pain toward more manageable, healthier day-to-day living. She describes her role as guiding people through life patterns and obstacles and offering practical coping skills.
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She also helps with sleep and eating struggles, anger, career stress, and LGBTQ issues. Additional areas she addresses include attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric matters, chronic illness and pain, and caregiver stress.
In sessions she aims to teach coping strategies and helpful skills. She encourages people to try different ways of looking at situations to support healing and better functioning. This includes work on communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and body image concerns.
Clients describe a practical, skills-oriented approach that emphasizes real changes in daily life. She includes techniques drawn from acceptance-based work, cognitive approaches, and emotion-focused methods to match a person's needs. The emphasis is on usable tools rather than abstract theory.
Madeline asks new clients to use the site's Start Therapy process, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability. She offers services in English and accepts international clients, and her fees vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She also helps with sleep and eating struggles, anger, career stress, and LGBTQ issues. Additional areas she addresses include attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric matters, chronic illness and pain, and caregiver stress.
In sessions she aims to teach coping strategies and helpful skills. She encourages people to try different ways of looking at situations to support healing and better functioning. This includes work on communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and body image concerns.
Clients describe a practical, skills-oriented approach that emphasizes real changes in daily life. She includes techniques drawn from acceptance-based work, cognitive approaches, and emotion-focused methods to match a person's needs. The emphasis is on usable tools rather than abstract theory.
Madeline asks new clients to use the site's Start Therapy process, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability. She offers services in English and accepts international clients, and her fees vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficulties
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing
Experience
13+ years
Credentials
Texas, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire
Languages
English
How her approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while committing to values-based actions. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where acceptance and small behavior changes matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches specific skills to shift them; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to relationship patterns from early life and helps people understand how those patterns affect current connections and trust issues.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to find which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in this biography. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, and remove the need to be on camera for every session when people prefer phone conversation. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools for remote sessions to keep the focus on real-life skills and practical coping strategies.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Madeline address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She also helps with relationship issues, sleep and eating problems, anger, and career stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
The approach is practical and skills oriented. Sessions aim to teach coping strategies and new ways to see difficult situations.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Madeline has 13 years of experience working in counseling roles and with a variety of life concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LPC-MH credentials and practices in Texas.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.