About Wende
Dr. Wende Pannell is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 22 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, relationship concerns, and ADHD.
Her manner is calm and straightforward, focused on steady steps rather than quick fixes. She aims to build a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak about what matters most to them. Conversations often look at how emotions affect daily choices and practical routines.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and works with clients to try different ways of responding. Dr. Pannell draws from approaches that teach skills and also honor life history.
That mix helps people manage panic, mood swings, impulsivity, and overwhelming stress. Therapy may include learning new coping tools, practicing clearer communication, and making small behavior changes that add up over time. Her background includes long-term work with issues tied to chronic illness, caregiver stress, and midlife transitions.
She also supports people dealing with trauma, shame, and losses that leave them feeling isolated. Her experience gives her perspective on both immediate coping and longer term growth. In sessions she partners with clients to set realistic goals and test changes outside appointments.
People come away with clearer priorities, steadier routines, and better ways to handle setbacks. Dr. Pannell practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice stressful thoughts without getting ruled by them, and then take action that fits their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing distressing attention or mood patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that maintain problems; it is often used for panic, mood disorders, and impulsivity.Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits the person's needs and preferences. Clients usually try a few strategies early on to see what feels most helpful and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and brief text or chat can work for quick check-ins or practice between longer sessions. This variety helps people keep momentum when schedules, energy, or location change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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