About Wendy
Wendy Key is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Texas. She brings 12 years of experience helping people cope with anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, and major life changes. She provides straightforward support that aims to help people take the next practical step in their lives.
Her work often centers on improving communication, building self-esteem, and finding ways to manage strong emotions. She also addresses grief, trauma, intimacy concerns, and issues related to sleep and eating.
Background and approach
Wendy pays attention to the role of values and faith when those matter to a person. In sessions she focuses on what will help someone feel steadier day to day. That can include learning new coping skills, practicing ways to handle upsetting thoughts, and shifting behaviors that get in the way of goals.
She uses a range of approaches to match how someone prefers to work. Wendy also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness, adoption and attachment questions, and career strain. She hears concerns about codependency, control issues, and the lasting effects of abandonment or past abuse.
Her practice aims to be respectful of individual beliefs and life context. Practical tools and clear communication guide her approach. People who want a direct, values-aware counselor who emphasizes workable steps tend to do well with her style.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes because it focuses on purposeful steps rather than trying to eliminate every difficult feeling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. It can be helpful for anxiety, sleep and eating concerns, and managing mood swings.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying options, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan when needed so treatment stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people preserve face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for timely support, brief updates, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, caregiving routines, and other responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English