- Practical coping skills
- Focus on thoughts
- Works with grief
About Madeline
Madeline Wend is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, who brings 13 years of experience to her work in Texas. She focuses on helping people move from feeling stuck or hurt toward clearer, healthier ways of living. Her style is straightforward and practical, with attention to thoughts and everyday habits that shape mood and behavior.
Her approach centers on teaching coping strategies and useful skills. She helps people notice patterns that lead to stress, anxiety, or depression and then try different ways of responding. Sessions are geared toward small, manageable changes rather than big, abstract plans.
Madeline works with a wide range of life challenges. These include grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, issues around identity such as LGBT topics, and problems with sleep, eating, or anger. She also supports people facing career strain, chronic illness or caregiving stress, and complicated attachment or adoption histories.
She uses several practical therapy methods to guide work in sessions. Those approaches include acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavioral ideas, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered listening, and skills from dialectical behavior methods. The aim is to match strategies to the person in front of her rather than following a single formula.
Madeline invites prospective clients to take a short matching questionnaire to begin. That helps identify priorities and schedule the next step according to what fits the person’s life.
Her approach centers on teaching coping strategies and useful skills. She helps people notice patterns that lead to stress, anxiety, or depression and then try different ways of responding. Sessions are geared toward small, manageable changes rather than big, abstract plans.
Madeline works with a wide range of life challenges. These include grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, issues around identity such as LGBT topics, and problems with sleep, eating, or anger. She also supports people facing career strain, chronic illness or caregiving stress, and complicated attachment or adoption histories.
She uses several practical therapy methods to guide work in sessions. Those approaches include acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavioral ideas, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered listening, and skills from dialectical behavior methods. The aim is to match strategies to the person in front of her rather than following a single formula.
Madeline invites prospective clients to take a short matching questionnaire to begin. That helps identify priorities and schedule the next step according to what fits the person’s life.
Areas of expertise
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
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when anxiety, depression, or ongoing stress get in the way of daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to change how someone feels. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, sleep troubles, and habits linked to eating or anger.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. It can help people who struggle with trust, abandonment concerns, or complex family dynamics.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those priorities. This is a collaborative process that can be adjusted over time as needs change.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more focused check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use these formats to help people practice new habits, try coping skills in real life, and follow up on progress between sessions.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, relationship and family concerns, sleep and eating problems, anger, career stress, and LGBT-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and direct. Sessions focus on teaching coping strategies, noticing thought and habit patterns, and trying small changes that fit daily life.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with a variety of life challenges and transitions.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She holds LPC and LPC-MH credentials and practices in Texas.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted; sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered at the time you schedule.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.