Vicki Zeitner , LPC

Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depressed mood, relationship patterns, and life transitions. Her style is conversational and down-to-earth, aiming to help people clarify values and find practical ways forward.

She helps people improve communication and work-life balance, manage troubling moods, and make difficult decisions. Vicki often listens deeply so clients feel understood, then offers questions, options, and resources to guide change. She emphasizes applying what is learned between sessions.

Her background includes work in community mental health agencies, outpatient counseling centers, and inpatient treatment programs. She also spent nearly 15 years in academia, which gives her familiarity with university life and its stresses. Living in both urban and rural areas has shaped her awareness of different cultures and life contexts.

Vicki uses a range of approaches and adapts them to each person’s needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centered principles, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused approaches. Mindfulness practices are part of her work with anxiety and depression.

She does not treat active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders, or self-harm. Vicki welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and supports LGBT concerns and multicultural issues. Her aim is to help motivated, reflective people apply change in daily life and regain a sense of control.

Approach and Online Options for Therapy

Vicki uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking action that matches your values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practices new behaviors to change mood and reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try. Treatments can be adjusted over time based on what helps you make progress.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversations from wherever you are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to use video. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, short coaching-style support, or ongoing feedback between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.