About Vanessa
Vanessa Rubin is a licensed professional counselor working in Louisiana who guides people through tough emotional times. She brings seven years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on clear, practical steps to manage stress and strong emotions. She helps people who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem.
She also supports those facing grief, compassion fatigue, addictions, anger, and major life changes. Issues around relationships, intimacy, parenting, and career stress are part of her work as well.
Background and approach
Vanessa uses a mix of well-known methods to meet each person where they are. In sessions she may teach skills to manage overwhelming feelings, offer ways to rethink unhelpful thought patterns, and encourage mindful awareness of the present moment. The goal is to build tools that can be used day to day.
Her style is warm and direct. She listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals. Sessions are practical and focused on what will make daily life easier for the individual.
People come to Vanessa for help with complicated issues like attachment wounds, codependency, domestic violence, and substance use concerns as well as nervous system responses to stress. She invites clients to try different strategies and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Vanessa commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values even when feelings are hard. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and building a trusting relationship so clients can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to shift those thoughts and change behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to identify what methods feel most useful based on needs, goals, and personal preference. Plans are adjusted over time as progress and setbacks occur.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in during a busy day, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, caregiving, and other routines.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English