Bobbi Warner Somers , LCMHC

Bobbi Warner Somers is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in Vermont with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and life transitions. Her work often addresses relationship strain, parenting concerns, and issues that commonly affect women.

Bobbi draws on straightforward, practical methods to help clients find workable steps forward. She emphasizes an open, respectful relationship where clients' goals come first. Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings.

Her approach mixes client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when they fit. Together these methods help identify patterns, build motivation, and set small, manageable goals.

Bobbi often supports people struggling with mood disorders, social anxiety, substance use, or feelings of isolation and shame. She also helps those facing midlife shifts, caregiver stress, or challenges around intimacy and self-esteem. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People who work with her can expect direct conversation, practical homework, and collaboration on what matters most. Bobbi explains options clearly and adjusts her style to each person's pace. She wants clients to leave sessions with tools they can try right away.

She offers services in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Sessions operate on a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How Bobbi’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. It helps people feel heard and helps prioritize what they want to change. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and is useful for substance use and habit shifts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. From that conversation they pick tools and strategies collaboratively and adjust them as progress is made.

Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option when a camera is not needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work for quick check-ins, short reflections, or when a written format feels more comfortable. These options provide flexibility so therapy can occur around work, caregiving, or other commitments.