Valerie Bryan , LPC

Valerie Bryan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 37 years of experience in mental health. She brings a warm, human approach and aims to help people find hope and optimism early in therapy. Her sessions often blend conversation with gentle creativity to help people see their problems in a new light.

She uses art-based activities at times, asking clients to work with markers and paper to map feelings or relationships. No artistic skill is needed; these exercises are tools for expression and problem solving. Valerie pairs this creative work with practical talk therapy to address daily struggles like stress, anxiety, and depression.

Clients turn to her for many concerns including trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy difficulties, grief, addictive behaviors, and struggles with self-esteem or body image. She also supports people facing career change, caregiving stress, codependency, or major life transitions. Valerie is experienced in working with LGBT issues and with people navigating blended family or separation challenges.

Her style is compassionate and down-to-earth. She uses humor and straightforward language rather than jargon. Valerie draws on ideas from Jungian thought and attachment-based ideas to help clients understand patterns and build healthier connections.

People who prefer a collaborative, reflective pace tend to fit well with her style. She encourages facing difficult material so growth can follow, while also looking for ways to restore balance, gratitude, and more joyful moments in life.

Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they react the way they do in close relationships and builds safer ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own experience and priorities; sessions are guided by what the client wants to work on and by honest, nonjudgmental listening. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical steps to change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and it can help with anxiety, depression, and coping skills.

Figuring out which approach or mix will help most is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, concerns, and comfort level. She adjusts the balance of creative exercises, reflective conversation, and skills-based work as therapy unfolds.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and exercises that benefit from seeing one another. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can work well for quick check-ins, journaling-style reflection, or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and connection.