About Valerie
Valerie Pinkney-Duke helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, or grief. She is Valerie Pinkney-Duke, an LPCC licensed in Ohio, and she brings over 21 years of experience to her work. Her tone is straightforward and respectful, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable.
She focuses on practical steps people can take right away. Sessions often include clear strategies for managing anxious thoughts and habits that fuel substance use.
Background and approach
Valerie uses approaches that help clients set small goals and notice progress between sessions. She has worked in both individual and group settings. That background informs how she balances skills practice with time to talk things through.
Valerie treats faith and personal values as part of the conversation when clients want to include them. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space where their strengths are highlighted. Valerie believes people know their own stories and builds on what already works for them.
She also helps people name patterns that keep problems going and then try new ways of responding. The focus areas she commonly addresses include addiction and recovery, relationships, anger, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She aims to empower people to make steady changes and to stay connected to what matters to them.
CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Valerie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice how thoughts, moods, and behaviors connect. CBT sessions often include concrete tools for managing worry, sleep issues, and urges related to substance use. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes quick, focused steps and practical goals so people can see change early and build momentum.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Valerie collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. Together they try approaches, track what helps, and adjust plans over time so the work stays relevant.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and skills demonstrations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text messaging can support short check-ins and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions, offering flexibility for busy schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English