About Vernon
Vernon Wiggins is a Licensed Professional Counselor who uses a direct, practical style to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He draws on clear conversation and focused problem-solving to identify what matters most and move toward change. Vernon’s approach is straightforward while keeping the relationship central to the work.
With 11 years of experience as an LPC and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, he has supported people with a wide range of issues.
Background and approach
These include grief, self-esteem struggles, addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and parenting stress. He also works with concerns like bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Vernon combines several approaches in his work.
He often uses client-centered methods to make space for each person’s priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. He also brings mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when they fit the goal.
In sessions he tends to be clear and to the point. He values building a trusting connection, then moving on concrete goals such as better sleep, improved communication, or healthier coping after loss. People can expect direct feedback and practical steps to try between meetings.
Vernon practices from Texas and provides services in English. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The pathway to starting therapy is a simple online match and scheduling process.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Vernon frequently draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting to help people name what matters most and set their own goals. It is helpful for building trust and clarifying values. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns, then teaches concrete skills to change behaviors and improve mood or sleep.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Vernon will discuss these methods and other options with the client and decide together what fits the goals and preferences. He aims to adapt techniques to each person’s situation rather than use a single fixed method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper back-and-forth. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, short coaching-style exchanges, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Washington
- Languages
- English