About Wende
Dr. Wende Pannell is an Illinois licensed clinician with 22 years of experience helping people manage anxiety and stress. She focuses on practical support for everyday challenges, from panic attacks and mood shifts to work pressure and grief.
Her way is calm and direct, aimed at making change feel doable for people who are worn out or overwhelmed. She uses plain talk to help people name what feels out of control and learn ways to respond differently.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skills for handling strong feelings, breathing and grounding techniques, and steps to reduce avoidance. Dr. Pannell also emphasizes building self-compassion and clearer communication so people feel steadier in relationships and at work.
Her background includes long experience with trauma and abuse, chronic health concerns, and life transitions like divorce or midlife change. She pays attention to how past attachment experiences shape current reactions and helps people rewrite patterns that no longer serve them. This includes work on abandonment, guilt and shame, and impulsivity.
Clients may bring a mix of issues such as ADHD, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, or financial worries. Dr. Pannell blends cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance-based ideas, and emotion-focused listening to match the moment.
The goal is practical progress - small, steady steps that add up. She offers sessions in English to people in Illinois and uses video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging for remote care. Enrollment uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and interested people begin by completing a short matching questionnaire.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety care
Dr. Pannell commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It can help when anxiety gets in the way of the life someone wants to lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic and persistent worry.She treats selecting the right approach as a team effort. The therapist listens to each person's goals, tries different techniques, and adjusts the plan over time. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods fit best for symptoms, lifestyle, and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to provide flexible access. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice, while phone calls can fit into a work break or a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messages are useful for brief support, tracking progress, and staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy schedules or limited mobility.
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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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