Wendi Cancilla , LMHC

Wendi Cancilla is a licensed mental health counselor with 24 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and parenting challenges. She also supports concerns like addiction, anger, sleep troubles, low self-esteem, and career change. Wendi works with issues many women face and brings steady, practical care to each session.

She focuses on listening first and understanding the immediate problem. Wendi uses clear tools to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented when needed, with space for emotions and deeper processing.

Wendi draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused work. Those methods guide how she helps people reframe negative thoughts, strengthen motivation to change, set achievable goals, and work through traumatic memories at a pace that feels manageable.

Her background includes long-term work with people who face chronic health problems, caregiver stress, and the fallout of abuse or neglect. She also supports clients dealing with adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, and complex grief. This range shapes a practice that balances practical problem-solving with attention to life story.

Clients can expect clear suggestions, collaborative planning, and support for daily challenges like sleep, parenting strain, or workplace stress. Wendi aims to help people take small, steady steps toward greater stability and clearer choices.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Wendi commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, depression, and practical daily struggles. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to help people find their own reasons to change and build commitment step by step, which can help with addictions, career shifts, or health behavior changes.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about current needs, goals, and what feels most comfortable. Together they can try an approach, check whether it’s helping, and adjust plans over time to better fit the client’s pace and priorities.

Online therapy makes these methods accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let the therapist and client work closely on skills and body-based cues. Phone sessions are a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter verbal check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for flexible check-ins, ongoing prompts, and written exercises that can be reviewed between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.