Wendy Theriot, LPC

Wendy Theriot is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She uses a straightforward, empathetic style to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and other life challenges. Wendy encourages openness so clients can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings.

Wendy draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small, practical changes. She also uses client-centered techniques to keep sessions focused on the person's priorities and strengths. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used when emotion regulation and coping skills are needed.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, and burnout such as compassion fatigue. Wendy also supports people dealing with attachment issues, adoption and foster care histories, and blended family challenges.

Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative. Wendy helps set clear goals, teaches coping skills, and practices new behavior during sessions so clients can use them between meetings. She keeps language plain and focuses on small steps that add up.

With 11 years of experience in Texas mental health settings, Wendy combines listening with concrete strategies. She encourages anyone feeling overwhelmed to reach out and take the next step toward feeling better.

How Wendy’s approaches translate to online therapy

Wendy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-centered therapy keeps the session centered on the person’s goals, preferences, and strengths, allowing conversations to shape the path forward.

She may also draw from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when stronger emotion-regulation and coping skills are needed. DBT techniques teach concrete tools such as grounding, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation that can be practiced during and between sessions to handle intense feelings and reduce impulsive reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Wendy will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods over time if something isn’t working. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and chat or messaging can support brief updates, coaching, or daily skill reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.