Wendy Theriot
Hello! I am Wendy Theriot,MA,LPC. I spent years specializing in trauma-focused therapy and have worked in the private practice setting as well as treatment facility setting. This year I have taken a break from in-person therapy where I specialized in EMDR to more of a person-centered approach addressing men’s issues, as well as working mainly with with First Responders, Veterans, Active Duty personnel as well as couples.
I have taken a break from in-person therapy where I specialized in EMDR; I spent years working with First Responders, Veterans and Military Personnel and still do.
I guide the client in the direction of healing or self actualization incorporating Cognitive Processing , Jungian therapy and Attachment-Based therapy. “Jungian”refers to the psychological doctrines and analytical therapy developed by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. It helps to uncover hidden forces driving human behavior by integrating the conscious and unconscious mind, ultimately striving toward authenticity and personal wholeness. Attachment Based therapy is a form of counseling that explores how your early childhood relationships with primary caregivers shape your adult attachment style. In addition to individual therapy I have worked with couples using the Gottman Method. It is a structured, research-based approach to couples therapy developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. It aims to disarm conflicting verbal communication, increase intimacy and respect, and remove barriers. If you are seeing me through an EAP or have a limited amount of therapy sessions I also do Solution Focused Brief Therapy where we don’t look at the past as much as we look towards the future and what you want to envision. With my help you can get there.
First session
Clients can expect the first session to be an intake session.
Strengths
I feel insight and honesty are my greatest strengths as a therapist.
Ideal clients
Using the knowledge and experience that I have acquired over the past 11 years working in different settings, I am confident I can help clients achieve whatever their goals are for counseling. There is power in counseling that changes lives for the better and I love being a part of that process, but I know finding the right therapist can also be a process. Hopefully I will be a good fit for you.
Treatment methods
Jungian
Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist developed this form of counseling that looks into the client’s past and present but also tries to bring the unconscious to the conscious creating more presence, purpose,clarity….
Attachment-based
Looking at client’s early years regarding attachment and how that may translate in their lives today.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
Looking more towards the future vs the past. Very specific and targeted- goal oriented.
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
CPT helps individuals with PTSD challenge and modify unhelpful, distressing beliefs related to their trauma, such as false self-blame or the belief that the world is entirely unsafe.
Gottman method
Is a structured, research-based approach to couples therapy developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. It aims to disarm conflicting verbal communication, increase intimacy and respect, and remove barriers.
Location
Virtual sessions