Wendy Theriot

Wendy Theriot is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of experience. She builds a calm space where people can talk about hard things without feeling judged. She encourages small steps and recognizes how brave it is to begin therapy.

Wendy focuses on practical concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, and addictions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strains, and career or life-change challenges. Common day-to-day problems such as sleeping or eating difficulties, low self-esteem, and anger are addressed with straightforward strategies.

Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, autism and Asperger-related needs, and blended family stress. She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, illness, caregiver strain, and co-occurring conditions. Body image, codependency, communication problems, and commitment or control issues are within her stated focus areas.

Wendy uses approaches that center the person and teach concrete skills. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and reflect, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought and behavior patterns, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotional regulation, the Gottman Method for relationship work, and Mindfulness Therapy to build present-moment awareness.

Her style is approachable and goal-oriented. She works with each person to set clear steps and teach tools they can use between visits. People who want practical support and a respectful therapeutic relationship may find her approach helpful.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and understood; online sessions let this conversational work continue even when meeting remotely. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and it adapts well to remote work because homework and skill practice can be reviewed between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotional regulation and distress-tolerance skills, useful for intense emotions and recurring crisis patterns; these skills can be taught, practiced, and reinforced during remote sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to weigh goals, needs, and preferences and then try methods that seem most helpful. Changes are reviewed over time and approaches are adjusted based on what is working for the individual.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography. Many people find online therapy useful because it can fit into a workday, reduce travel time, and make it easier to keep regular appointments. It also lets people use shorter check-ins when that suits their schedule, or focus on skill practice that can be done between meetings. Licensed professionals aim to make sessions practical and relevant to everyday life.