About Valarie
Valarie Collins helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, mood concerns, relationship strain, grief, and other life changes. She introduces herself simply as Valarie and speaks in a calm, direct way so parents can understand what therapy will look like. Valarie holds an LPCC, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and brings 17 years of experience in counseling to her work.
Her sessions focus on practical steps that fit a person's life.
Background and approach
She asks questions, offers suggestions, and shares short educational resources tied to the issue at hand. Together the client and Valarie set clear, measurable goals and check progress along the way. Valarie has worked in outpatient clinics, personal practices, rehab and detox settings, intensive outpatient programs, and psychiatric units.
That range of settings shaped her ability to adapt therapy to different needs, from early recovery to managing chronic mood symptoms. Her style blends motivational interviewing with cognitive behavioral techniques, and she often borrows simple tools from solution-focused and trauma-informed approaches. She adjusts methods to match each person's goals instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan.
In sessions people can expect direct guidance, practical homework, and calm listening. Valarie uses messaging, live chat, phone, and video formats so families juggling schedules can still connect. She aims to help people build skills that reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on your needs and goals. The therapist listens closely and reflects what she hears so you feel understood and can choose the next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviors and gives clear tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and change unhelpful habits.Valarie treats finding the right method as a team effort. She will talk with you about symptoms, goals, and what feels manageable. Together you can try an approach, track how it’s going, and make adjustments if needed so the work stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy makes sessions easier to fit into busy days. Video calls let you work face-to-face from home or work when convenient. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for a check-in or when you don’t want to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework review, and ongoing support between live sessions. These formats offer flexibility and help people maintain steady progress despite hectic schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English