Heidi Wendenburg, LPC

Heidi Wendenburg is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people navigate anxiety, depression, eating concerns, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady support for parents and adults who feel overwhelmed or stuck.

She draws on five years of clinical experience across acute psychiatric care, residential programs, and intensive outpatient settings. Much of her background is in eating disorder programs that served adolescents and adults, and she has worked across levels of care in substance use treatment as well. That experience shaped her practical approach to crises and recovery.

In sessions she uses talk therapy alongside several approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, client-centered methods, acceptance and commitment therapy, and attachment-based ideas. She mixes techniques to fit each person rather than sticking to a single formula. The goal is to build clearer thinking, steady routines, and workable coping skills.

Her work includes support for trauma, abuse, identity and attachment concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with co-occurring problems like substance use and eating and food-related issues. Heidi aims to make therapy a practical place where small changes add up.

Heidi practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English. She believes change is possible if people keep trying and is focused on helping clients take the next realistic step.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Heidi often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try practical experiments to change behavior and mood. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and eating concerns because it focuses on clear steps and measurable changes.

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy, which helps people notice difficult feelings without getting overwhelmed and choose actions that match their values. That approach can be helpful for coping with grief, chronic stress, and urges related to addiction or disordered eating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heidi will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. She adapts techniques over time based on what helps most, so the plan evolves through collaboration.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for full sessions and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and chat or text can support brief updates or practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, or busy family schedules.