About Venita
Venita Gowdy uses a person-centered approach to guide clients toward clearer goals and better coping. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience and offers straightforward, respectful care. Her manner is warm and direct, helping people who feel stuck begin practical change.
Many clients seek her help for mood, anxiety, and relationship stress. Venita has worked across diverse settings and with a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
She helps people facing depression, bipolar symptoms, anxiety, ADHD, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with parenting and blended family challenges, attachment concerns, and disruptive mood patterns. Her clinical style blends Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy.
That means sessions mix listening, practical skill-building, and short-term goal planning. She may suggest exercises between sessions to build new habits and track progress. Sessions can use conversation, brief assignments, and problem-solving tasks.
Venita adapts plans to each person's needs and preferences rather than using a one-size-fits-all model. She avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on strengths and workable steps. Working with Venita often begins with clarifying what matters most and setting small goals.
Over time those steps add up to better coping with life changes, reduced stress, and improved relationships. She works in Alabama and conducts sessions in English.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Venita uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, listening environment that helps people name what matters. That approach focuses on the client's experience and aims to build trust and self-direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety and depression. Solution-Focused Therapy narrows attention to specific goals and quick, practical steps to reach them.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Venita will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together the therapist and client try methods, track what helps, and adjust the plan over time to match needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and styles. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer brief exchanges or want ongoing written check-ins. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English