About Viva
Viva Steed is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, address addictions, and build self-esteem and confidence. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping clients take practical steps toward change.
She creates a calm space where people can speak openly about difficult feelings. Sessions are nonjudgmental and centered on each person’s goals. Viva encourages small, achievable steps so progress feels doable rather than overwhelming.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term clinical work and professional coaching for executives and other professionals. That mix of counseling and coaching helps when people want both deeper emotional work and practical plans for daily life. She draws on approaches that teach new ways of thinking and responding to stress.
Viva uses client-centered methods that follow what the person brings, along with cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing helps when someone needs extra support finding their reasons to change.
Sessions may focus on caregiver stress, communication problems, workplace issues, relationship endings, or challenges with substance use and compulsive behaviors. Viva aims to empower clients to make choices aligned with their values. She supports people who want clear tools and steady encouragement as they work toward a more satisfying life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Viva commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered work means the conversation follows what the person brings, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting concerns back so goals become clearer. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors through practical exercises and skill building.She also integrates mindfulness practices to help reduce reactivity and build attention to the present moment. These skills can be taught in short exercises during a session and practiced between meetings to handle stress and anxiety more effectively.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then try strategies that fit the person’s life. Together they adjust methods over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text are helpful for shorter check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. 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
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English