Wendi Makus, LPC

Wendi Makus is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people cope with trauma and abuse, anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns. She brings a whole-person view to counseling and aims to help clients improve daily functioning and overall well-being. Wendi speaks English and practices in Arkansas.

Wendi frames counseling around the person, not just symptoms. She uses approaches that center clients' goals and strengths and aims to make therapy practical and relevant to everyday life. Common topics she addresses include depression, grief, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, and challenges like ADHD and bipolar mood issues.

Her work also attends to attachment and family-of-origin themes, abandonment, codependency, communication and commitment issues, and the emotional fallout of separation or grief. She helps people untangle dissociation, control struggles, and feelings of emptiness linked to past events.

Wendi draws on several counseling methods to tailor sessions to each person's needs. These include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She also uses narrative techniques to help people reframe difficult memories and beliefs.

With 13 years of experience, Wendi works with adults seeking practical tools and clearer meaning after painful events. If a person wants to focus on coping skills, relationships, career stress, or reclaiming joy after trauma, she invites them to discuss goals and next steps.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps toward a meaningful life while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing practical changes in behavior to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep trouble. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and helps people build healthier ways of relating and feeling connected.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making scheduling more flexible around work or parenting. Many people find remote sessions let them use tools and homework between meetings, so progress can keep going between appointments.