About Lindsey
Lindsey Vining is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem and addictions. Parents concerned about parenting or intimacy-related issues can find practical support and clear skills.
Lindsey also addresses relationship and family concerns, eating and body-image struggles, anger, career stress, and coping with major life changes. Her approach is straightforward and encouraging.
How Lindsey works
Sessions are motivating and supportive, yet direct, often using a touch of humor and optimism to build rapport. Lindsey draws from client-centered ideas and cognitive-behavioral strategies to create plans that fit each person’s needs. She blendsAcceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when helpful.
Lindsey has worked in hospitals, outpatient clinics, crisis and emergency shelter services, community mental health, and medical settings. That range gives her practical experience in short-term and ongoing care. She aims to be nonjudgmental and to adapt treatment to real-life schedules and stresses.
She works with issues tied to attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, blended family dynamics, codependency, and caregiver stress. Lindsey also supports people managing bipolar symptoms, co-morbid conditions, and recovery after natural or human-caused disasters. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Lindsey emphasizes collaboration and tailors treatment plans to what each person wants to change and achieve.
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What Lindsey works with
The areas below are the ones Lindsey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Approach and options for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck. It encourages identifying personal values and taking committed actions that match those values to reduce avoidance and improve daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they shape current connections; it can help with intimacy-related concerns, attachment issues, and blended family stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines unhelpful thinking and teaches concrete skills to change behavior and manage symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and anger.Choosing the best approach is part of the therapy work. Lindsey will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for more interactive skill work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Text and chat make it simple to check in between sessions or keep a running conversation. These options provide flexibility for scheduling across time zones and for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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