Wendy Hills, LPC

Wendy Hills is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people reduce stress, manage anxiety, and navigate mood-related struggles. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at getting people unstuck and moving forward.

Wendy uses cognitive behavioral ideas alongside client-centered listening. She helps people see the patterns behind their thoughts and actions, then practices different ways to respond. Mindfulness tools and motivational interviewing are woven in to increase awareness and support commitment to change.

Sessions tend to be collaborative and skills-focused. Wendy teaches simple strategies for dealing with panic, anger, or overwhelming emotions. She also supports people facing grief, career strain, relationship problems, substance use concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

Her work addresses both short-term challenges and longer-standing patterns like codependency, control issues, guilt, and shame. People can expect concrete techniques to try between sessions and regular check-ins on what is or isn’t working. The tone in sessions is compassionate but direct, with a focus on practical steps.

Wendy offers appointments by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions are offered in English and follow Michigan practice standards.

CBT, Client-Centered Care, and Online Options

Wendy commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT involves identifying thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood and practicing different responses to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes being heard and understood while working at the client’s pace to identify goals and priorities.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Wendy will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what fits and what produces results in daily life.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from home, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, and live chat or text messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit counseling around work, caregiving, or travel while still using CBT, mindfulness practices, and motivational strategies.