About Wendy
Wendy Dunn is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of clinical experience in Florida. She focuses on helping people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and big life changes. Her work centers on listening carefully and helping each person find practical ways to feel better.
Wendy builds a calm and respectful space where people can talk about what hurts. She pays attention to a person's history and strengths.
How Wendy works
That helps her shape concrete steps for coping and growth. Her approach borrows from several evidence-based methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process painful events at a pace that feels manageable. She also uses Client-Centered and Solution-Focused tools to keep sessions grounded and goal-oriented. That combination helps people move from feeling stuck to taking small, achievable steps forward.
Wendy supports a wide range of concerns beyond the main specialties. These include attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, substance concerns, body image struggles, communication problems, divorce and family of origin issues, and challenges related to aging or autism. She works in English and practices in Florida as an FL LMHC.
Wendy lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Wendy works with
The areas below are the ones Wendy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathic listening and building a trusting relationship so people can explore their own goals and feelings at their own pace. It helps when someone needs someone who listens without judgment and helps them clarify what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It breaks issues into small, practical steps and teaches tools for managing anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels helpful and realistic for the person's life and goals.
Online sessions let people access therapy with more flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client talk face to face, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it simpler to fit care into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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A practical next step
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