Therapy in Glendale & Online Throughout Arizona

Hi! I’m Wendy W Howell, LPC and I thoroughly love connecting with each client to support personal meaning and well-being. Caring about your happiness and well-being is the foundation of my work, a contemplation upon which I start my day.

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About My Counseling Background & Style…

I know what it is like to seek a counselor who has that right combination of skills, acceptance and support.

I devoted over 20 + years to public mental health before starting my private practice just as the pandemic hit. Since then, counseling people from a wide array of backgrounds continues to be my passion. Our process starts with me getting to know your many facets and collaborating on your unique goals. Together, we will use Evidence Based, integrative, culturally sensitive approaches to realize growth, healing, and change!

  • Trauma Therapy/ Trauma Informed Care

  • Graduated Exposure Therapy

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Mindfulness Therapy

  • Integrative/Holistic Counseling

  • Multicultural Counseling

  • Neurodivergent Aware

  • Systems-Focused Therapy

  • Feminist Therapy

  • LGBTQ+ affirming

  • Sex Positive

  • Healthcare/Systems Navigation

  • Dream Work/ Depth Psychology

  • Narrative Psychology (based on Sharon Blackie’s work)

  • Stage of Life counseling for Young Adults, Career Transitions, Partnership and Family Changes, and Midlife Transitions.

I love and have experience treating: PTSD, C/PTSD, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar/Depressive Disorders, Adjustment Disorders, Relationship/Family issues, Multigenerational issues, Stage of Life issues, Young Adult Transitions; Midlife transition; I also have experience successfully supporting: Issues unique to people who may: have a Multicultural Upbringing, are fellow Helping Professionals, are Gifted, Artists, and other High Performers, or people who just feel different!

You are welcome to bring your personal philosophy or spirituality into sessions. I have training to support this therapeutically, and experience with/ not limited to: Atheist/Humanist, Bahai, Buddhist, Earth Based/ Pagan/Wiccan/ Nature Based, Catholic/ LDS/ Protestant, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Metaphysical/New Age, Indigenous traditions, and Traditional Healing.

My therapeutic environment is inclusive, supportive and effective for persons of any culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, lifestyle, partnership style, family structure, background, ability, learning style, and country of origin. I accept United Healthcare/ UMR/ Optum/ Surest, Aetna, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield commercial plans and private pay virtual/ in person AZ clients.

I love gaining new tools to pass on to you in our sessions. Recent additions include a certificate in Sharon Blackie’s “Finding Yourself in Fairy Tales” and Mindfulness and Self-Regulation tools for Autism Spectrum, and ADHD. I am currently working on Self-Regulation for Artists.

I look forward to our time processing together.