Wendi Makus, LPC

Wendi Makus is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people move through difficult moments in life. She centers care on the whole person rather than just a set of symptoms, and she aims to help clients build better day-to-day functioning and a clearer sense of direction.

Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Addictions and compassion fatigue are also listed among her focus areas. She uses practical strategies so clients can try new ways of coping and notice what helps most in daily life.

Wendi draws on therapies that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She also uses narrative techniques and an approach called seed digging therapy that looks at early beliefs and how people make new meanings from life events.

With 13 years of experience, she brings steady clinical practice rooted in those approaches. Sessions emphasize collaboration, clear goals, and skills people can apply between meetings. She works with adults on issues such as parenting strain, career concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and family-of-origin problems.

Wendi practices in Arkansas and offers services in English. To begin, people are asked to use the site Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Therapeutic approaches used online and why they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarifies personal values to guide action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants practical ways to move forward.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect and trust others. This approach can help with intimacy concerns, abandonment fears, and communication problems by building awareness of relational patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and then choose or combine approaches to fit the person. That collaboration means methods may shift over time as progress is tracked and priorities change.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering sessions that match a client’s daily routine. Licensed professionals often use practical exercises, homework, and skills practice that translate well to an online setting, helping clients try new behaviors between sessions without changing the core of the therapy.