Helping parents
raise adults —
not just manage
children.
Steady, grounded guidance for the launch years — helping families navigate anxiety, attachment, boundaries, emotional health, and the transition into adulthood.
“Parenting doesn’t get easier in the launch years — but it can become clearer, steadier, and more meaningful.”
— Wendy Kihiu, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
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MA, LMFT
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Attachment Science
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Trauma-Informed Care
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Christ-Centered Counseling
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New Palestine, Indiana
A clinician, mom, and trusted voice for families.
Wendy Kihiu is a licensed marriage and family therapist, speaker, and creator of Rethinking Parenting: Launching. She works with preteens, teens, young adults, couples, and families — helping parents move from fear and frantic fixing toward calmer, wiser, more connected parenting.
Her work blends attachment science, trauma-aware care, practical tools, and faith-shaped hope.
Loved • Stretched • Responsible
A simple framework for helping young people grow into grounded, resilient, responsible adults.
Connection & Emotional Safety
Young people grow best when they feel safe, seen, valued, and emotionally connected. Connection is the foundation everything else is built on.
Growth Through Healthy Challenge
Growth requires discomfort. Parents who allow struggle — without rescuing — raise young adults who can face difficulty with confidence and grit.
Increasing Ownership & Accountability
The goal is not compliance — it’s capability. Young people need increasing ownership over their lives, choices, and future direction.
Equipping parents, churches, and communities.
Wendy speaks at churches, schools, parent groups, conferences, and community events on parenting, anxiety, emotional health, attachment, and the launch years. Her presentations blend clinical insight, real-life experience, and practical tools in a way that feels approachable and immediately useful.
- Churches & women’s ministries
- Parent groups & workshops
- Schools & staff teams
- Conferences & panel discussions
“Research-informed teaching in everyday language — practical, relatable, and immediately useful.”
What Audiences Experience
Rethinking Parenting: Launching
A practical, trauma-aware, faith-shaped guide for parents navigating the transition from adolescence into adulthood — helping families move from fear and frantic fixing toward steadier, more connected parenting.
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Ready to bring Wendy to your community?
Whether you’re interested in therapy, speaking events, workshops, or parenting resources — Wendy would love to hear from you.