- Practical coping strategies
- Focus on relationships
- Career and life transitions
About Madeline
Madeline Wend is a licensed professional counselor with 13 years of experience helping people move from pain toward healthier living. She holds LPC and LPC-MH credentials and works from Texas. Her focus includes stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, relationship challenges, and career concerns.
She uses practical skills and coping strategies to help people manage day-to-day symptoms. Sessions often include ways to break unhelpful patterns and build new habits that fit real life. The emphasis is on small changes that add up over time.
Madeline draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based methods, and attachment-focused work. She mixes listening with straightforward tools aimed at improving mood, managing worry, and repairing communication. People also get space to talk through grief, trauma, eating and sleeping problems, and identity questions tied to LGBT concerns.
Her background includes supporting people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and blended family dynamics. She also helps with commitment and communication problems and challenges related to aging or neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Sessions are framed around the client’s goals and readiness for change. The therapist aims to help clients recognize patterns, try new responses, and practice skills between meetings. To begin, readers are asked to follow the Start Therapy process and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.
She uses practical skills and coping strategies to help people manage day-to-day symptoms. Sessions often include ways to break unhelpful patterns and build new habits that fit real life. The emphasis is on small changes that add up over time.
Madeline draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based methods, and attachment-focused work. She mixes listening with straightforward tools aimed at improving mood, managing worry, and repairing communication. People also get space to talk through grief, trauma, eating and sleeping problems, and identity questions tied to LGBT concerns.
Her background includes supporting people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and blended family dynamics. She also helps with commitment and communication problems and challenges related to aging or neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Sessions are framed around the client’s goals and readiness for change. The therapist aims to help clients recognize patterns, try new responses, and practice skills between meetings. To begin, readers are asked to follow the Start Therapy process and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.
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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by shifting attention toward meaningful activity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them through practical experiments and new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build different ways of connecting and responding in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions are tailored so people can try techniques, review progress, and adjust the plan together.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options when you schedule. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a full appointment isn’t needed. It also supports maintaining continuity of care for people who travel or live in different places while working with a licensed professional.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, relationship and family challenges, career questions, sleep and eating issues, trauma and abuse, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach combines listening with practical tools. Clients can expect skill-building, pattern work, and chances to try new responses between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LPC-MH credentials and practices from Texas.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are used?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing 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?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.