Wendy Foote, LCPC

Wendy Foote is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who want to make meaningful changes in their lives and is direct about working with clients ready to do the hard work therapy can require.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. Sessions are aimed at practical steps clients can use between meetings. Wendy emphasizes building emotional steadiness and clearer ways of coping when life feels overwhelming.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, and self-esteem problems. She also focuses on matters such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, codependency, and communication problems.

Wendy draws on several approaches to guide treatment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her toolkit, along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). She uses those methods to help clients learn coping skills and make changes that match their goals.

People who want clear goals and steady progress tend to do best with her. She asks clients to be active partners in therapy and to practice new skills between sessions. Wendy works in English and sees clients who live in Illinois.

How Wendy’s approaches translate to online work

CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. In online sessions this often means learning simple tools to test thoughts, plan small experiments, and practice new routines between meetings.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches ways to accept difficult feelings while choosing actions that match personal values. Online ACT sessions typically combine reflection, exercises, and short between-session tasks to build a more meaningful daily routine.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client feels heard and understood. In an online setting this approach supports people who need a steady, empathic space to sort out what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them as progress unfolds, keeping the client involved in those decisions.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, written exercises, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and fit it into a busy life.