Vicki Bonham , LMHC

Vicki Bonham is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She brings five years of counseling experience and a long background in education to her work. Vicki approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She focuses on clear, practical steps that people can use between sessions.

Her sessions are tailored to what each person needs. She helps with stress and anxiety, self-esteem and confidence, relationship questions, and LGBT-related concerns. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, and career or parenting stresses.

Vicki uses a mix of approaches to suit the person in front of her. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also incorporates attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and client-centered listening to follow the client’s priorities.

She also works with people facing intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Additional areas she attends to include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, body image, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters.

Vicki aims to make therapy a collaborative process. She listens first, then helps design a plan that fits goals and daily life. Practical skills, real conversation, and steady support are central to her approach.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them. It emphasizes values and small actions that move someone toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and major life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape behavior and expectations. It helps people identify patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting when old patterns cause pain.

Vicki treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and daily routines, and together they decide which methods to try first. That keeps work focused and responsive as needs change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let sessions feel most like an in-person visit. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit into busy days, let someone check in between sessions, or provide a way to communicate without being on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel.