Wendy B. Wenger has been working as a therapist and advocate for children and adults since she graduated
with her Master’s Degree in Psychology in 1980 from Pennsylvania State University. She has worked with many
local, state wide, and international organizations for most of her career life. She uses traditional and
alternative therapeutic techniques to help individuals, couples, and families with many different important
life issues. She currently works as a Life Coach helping those who wish to enhance the quality of their
lives.
Early in life Wendy knew that her purpose had to include helping others. This started in her early life as
she, her sister and mother volunteered in different organizations helping those who were less fortunate. In
addition, as with all life experiences, Wendy learned that life is its best teacher. Early events helped her
to recognize that she wanted to give hope and healing to others as she had been given.
Wendy has done just that with her many years of helping others as a therapist and advocate. She has also
written picture books and early readers focused in dream and awake life. Her stories all have a helpful
message hidden in an exciting adventure. These adventures are designed to help encourage creative thinking,
problem solving, and self-exploration by offering skills that lead to healthy relationships with self and
others. The Mac-A-Doo and MAC stories were first conceived as a method to help her own children, who were
adopted from Haiti.
All the stories are based upon her children’s real-life experiences. Most of the stories take place in a
dream environment which encourages children to use their dreams to learn more about themselves and
demystifies the dreaming process allowing children to not be frightened by their nocturnal stores. The
Mac-A-Doo and MAC stories help in identifying and trusting inner wisdom.
Her first writing attempt over twenty years ago was with her mother who was an elementary school teacher.
Along with sharing the Mac-A-Doo character who turned into a dream companion extraordinaire, her mother also
shared her writing skills learned from many years working with children. It was her dying wish to publish a
children’s story and these stories bring her wish to fruition.
Wendy has been published in local newsletters, newspapers and her stories have been used in her son's school
district. Two of the stories won awards from a local Council of the Arts.
