About Wende
Dr. Wende Pannell helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She introduces straightforward tools to manage intense emotions and day-to-day overwhelm.
People who feel stuck by life changes or chronic health challenges will find a patient, steady presence. Dr. Pannell holds an IL LCPC and has 22 years of clinical experience.
Her style is practical and warm. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns in thinking, behavior, and relationships, then suggests simple experiments to test new ways of coping. Communication skills and self-compassion are regular topics in her work. Dr.
Pannell draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values when emotions are intense. Attachment-based work helps address long-standing relational patterns that affect current connections.
People with ADHD concerns, chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, or compassion fatigue can explore tailored strategies in sessions. She pays attention to how money, work, and midlife shifts influence mood and purpose. Practical problem solving is paired with emotional processing.
Therapy with Dr. Pannell aims to strengthen coping skills and increase a sense of control over daily life. She works at a measured pace and collaborates on goals people feel ready to pursue.
Sessions are conducted from her Illinois practice and are oriented toward real-world change.
Using evidence-based approaches in online sessions
Dr. Pannell often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT is useful for panic, mood disorders, and worry-driven problems.She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify personal values and take small steps toward them while managing difficult feelings. ACT can be helpful for chronic pain, stress, and coping with life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in daily life. Together they adjust methods and pacing so the work fits the person's needs and energy level.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief support, homework review, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work and family schedules and to continue care when travel or relocation occurs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English