Individual therapy for
children, adolescents and adults
Counseling with compassion and creativity
Individual therapy for
children, adolescents and adults
Who benefits from counseling:
Adolescents
Adolescents
Adolescents
Therapy can be helpful for teens experiencing
- Identity and self-esteem
- Anxiety, depression, and mood regulation
- Peer pressure and social dynamics
- Academic stress and performance
- Family conflicts
Children
Adolescents
Adolescents
Therapy is especially effective for children experiencing:
- Anxiety or stress
- Behavioral issues
- Grief or trauma
- Family transitions (like divorce or moving)
- Social or academic challenges
Adults
Adolescents
Adults
Adults seeking support for:
- Depression and mood disorders
- Stress and anxiety management
- Trauma and PTSD
- Life transitions (career changes, loss, etc.)
- Self-esteem and identity issues
What to expect in counseling:
Counseling Adolescents
Counseling Adolescents
Counseling Adolescents
The teenage years are full of big changes — emotions run high, independence grows, and let’s be honest, there’s often a fair amount of pushback. As a parent, it can be exhausting and discouraging, especially when your teen resists help or shuts you out. It’s completely normal for teens to view therapy as just another thing adults are maki
The teenage years are full of big changes — emotions run high, independence grows, and let’s be honest, there’s often a fair amount of pushback. As a parent, it can be exhausting and discouraging, especially when your teen resists help or shuts you out. It’s completely normal for teens to view therapy as just another thing adults are making them do, rather than something that could actually help.
If you’re in that spot, your job isn’t to convince them — it’s simply to get them through the door. Once they’re here, it becomes my job to meet them where they are and create an experience that feels real, safe, and worth coming back for. My goal is to turn therapy into a space they choose, not one they’re dragged to.
Here’s what you can expect:
🎨 Creative, Interactive Sessions: We won’t just sit and talk (unless that’s what they want). I weave in expressive arts, activities, and different approaches to keep it engaging, meaningful, and age-appropriate.
🗝️ Focus on Choice and Autonomy: Teens crave independence, so I make sure therapy reflects that. They’ll have a say in how sessions go and what we work on, helping them feel in control of their own process.
🤝 Support for Parents, Too: While I honor your teen’s privacy, I also stay connected with you. I offer guidance, insights, and resources to help you better understand and support your teen through these intense, ever-changing years.
At the heart of it all, my goal is to build a relationship that feels safe, authentic, and helpful — one where your teen can let their guard down and discover their own strength in the process.
Counseling Children
Counseling Adolescents
Counseling Adolescents
Childhood is meant to be a time of curiosity, creativity, and growth — but it can also be filled with challenges, worries, and emotions that children don’t always have the words to express. When a child struggles, it can show up in so many ways: big emotions, changes in behavior, trouble at school, withdrawing from others, or even physica
Childhood is meant to be a time of curiosity, creativity, and growth — but it can also be filled with challenges, worries, and emotions that children don’t always have the words to express. When a child struggles, it can show up in so many ways: big emotions, changes in behavior, trouble at school, withdrawing from others, or even physical complaints like headaches or stomachaches. As a parent, it can be heartbreaking to watch and difficult to know how to help.
That’s where I come in.
My counseling work with children focuses on creating a warm, safe, and playful environment where kids feel free to be themselves. I believe children heal and process through play, creativity, and connection — often before they can fully understand or explain what they’re feeling.
What to Expect
🧸 Play-Based, Child-Centered Approach:
In our sessions, we use toys, art, games, stories, and imaginative activities to help children explore and express what’s going on inside. Play isn’t just a fun activity — it’s the natural language of children, and it gives us a window into their emotional world.
🎨 Expressive Arts and Creativity:
Through drawing, painting, music, and movement, children can safely release feelings that might feel too big, confusing, or scary to put into words. Creative expression helps them build emotional awareness, resilience, and confidence.
🗣️ Gentle Conversations and Coping Tools:
When children are ready, we gently explore their thoughts and worries together. I teach simple, age-appropriate skills like deep breathing, grounding techniques, and emotional identification, helping them feel more in control of their emotions.
🤝 Parent Support and Collaboration:
You are an essential part of your child’s healing journey. While respecting your child’s privacy, I stay connected with you, offering updates, support, and practical tools to use at home. I’ll help you understand what your child may be experiencing and how you can best support them outside of sessions.
Counseling Adults
Counseling Adolescents
Counseling Adults
Life has a way of piling up — past experiences, ongoing stress, and emotions we don’t always know how to express. Often, we learn to push these feelings aside, believing we have to just “get over it” and move on. But the truth is, our bodies and minds remember what we try to bury. Healing starts when we give ourselves permission to slow d
Life has a way of piling up — past experiences, ongoing stress, and emotions we don’t always know how to express. Often, we learn to push these feelings aside, believing we have to just “get over it” and move on. But the truth is, our bodies and minds remember what we try to bury. Healing starts when we give ourselves permission to slow down, listen in, and gently work through what’s been weighing on us.
I believe we all carry an inner voice — one that holds our wisdom, resilience, and capacity for healing. My role is to help you reconnect with that voice, offering a space where you feel safe, supported, and understood as you move through life’s challenges in your own way, and at your own pace.
How I Support You
I offer an integrative, whole-person approach to counseling, combining tools that honor both your mind and body. Together, we’ll find what feels right for you:
🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):
This evidence-based approach helps you notice and shift unhelpful thought patterns, beliefs, and behaviors — giving you more clarity, confidence, and control over your emotional well-being.
❤️ Attachment-Focused Work:
Our early relationships shape how we connect with ourselves and others. By gently exploring those emotional bonds and patterns, we can uncover how they might still be influencing your present, and find ways to build healthier, more secure connections.
🎨 Expressive Arts:
Sometimes words fall short. Through journaling, music, image-making, and creative expression, you’ll have the opportunity to access and process emotions in a deeper, more intuitive way — tapping into parts of yourself that don’t always speak through conversation alone.
Counseling with me isn’t about fixing you — because you’re not broken. It’s about creating a space where you feel safe enough to lay down the heaviness you’ve been carrying, to be honest about what hurts, and to discover what helps. Here, you’re free to move through your emotions at your own pace, in your own time, with someone walking beside you.
Your story matters. Your feelings matter. And healing is possible.
About Wendy Logan Cuellar, MA. Ed, LCMHC-S
Counseling isn’t about fixing you — because you’re not broken. It’s about creating a space where you feel safe enough to lay down the heaviness you’ve been carrying, to be honest about what hurts, and to discover what helps. Here, you’re free to move through your emotions at your own pace, in your own time, with someone walking beside you.
Your story matters. Your feelings matter. And healing is possible.
With over 25 years of experience, I have helped children, adolescents, and adults navigate life's transitions, whether anticipated or unexpected. My background includes serving as a school counselor and working in community mental health, providing me with insight into the diverse challenges individuals face throughout their lives.
For more than 20 years, I have mentored the next generation of counselors. As a supervisor and educator, I guide graduate students and post-graduate licensees through their counseling training, ensuring they are well-equipped to support others in their professional journeys.
I am also an experienced trainer for organizations such as Resources for Resilience and NC Center for Advancement of Teaching. In these roles, I lead state wide trainings, working closely with community members and helping professionals to understand childhood stress and trauma. As a trainer, I teach practical strategies to build understanding of the neurobiology and resilience in within ourselves and the people we serve.
I truly honor the courage and commitment it takes to look for support for yourself or someone you love. I understand this journey as I have taken it myself. My goal is to. provide the space and time to support your work towards feeling better.
Contact Wendy
True Ground Counseling
29 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville, North Carolina 28801, United States
