- Client-centered approach
- Combines CBT and ACT
- Focus on addiction
About Wendy
Wendy Weston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Idaho with eight years of counseling experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and other life challenges. Wendy aims to create a space where people feel heard and can start making practical changes.
She trained at the University of Idaho, earning a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. Prior to and alongside counseling work, she spent 13 years as a first responder and has a decade of experience in the child welfare system. That background informs her approach to crisis, trauma, and caregiving concerns.
Wendy uses a client-centered, compassionate style. Sessions tend to focus on the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that matter most to each person. She mixes techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical skills, and mindfulness to build individualized plans.
In practical terms, she works with people on coping skills, relapse prevention, emotion regulation, grief, relationship stress, and adjusting to major life changes. She also supports people dealing with issues such as body image, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She asks clients to see therapy as a partnership. Together they set goals, try small steps, and track what helps. People who want straightforward talk and workable strategies may find her style a good fit.
She trained at the University of Idaho, earning a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. Prior to and alongside counseling work, she spent 13 years as a first responder and has a decade of experience in the child welfare system. That background informs her approach to crisis, trauma, and caregiving concerns.
Wendy uses a client-centered, compassionate style. Sessions tend to focus on the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that matter most to each person. She mixes techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical skills, and mindfulness to build individualized plans.
In practical terms, she works with people on coping skills, relapse prevention, emotion regulation, grief, relationship stress, and adjusting to major life changes. She also supports people dealing with issues such as body image, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She asks clients to see therapy as a partnership. Together they set goals, try small steps, and track what helps. People who want straightforward talk and workable strategies may find her style a good fit.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.