About Valarie
Valarie Johnson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with three decades of counseling experience. She brings a steady presence and practical focus to sessions, offering direct and compassionate guidance for people facing difficult life moments. She has worked in a wide range of settings and has supported people through anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and major life changes.
Her experience includes addressing relationship struggles, addictions, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.
How Valarie works
She also helps with issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and caregiver stress, and end-of-life matters. Her style is warm but straightforward. She listens closely, offers clear feedback, and encourages steps that help clients move forward.
She can include faith-based perspectives when requested, and she respects each person’s background and preferences. Valarie integrates Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy depending on what a client needs. That mix lets her address patterns from the past, current thoughts and behaviors, and practical steps for change.
Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday tools you can use between meetings. She aims to make counseling usable and down-to-earth, helping people build coping skills, recover from losses, and find clearer direction in life.
Valarie lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Valarie works with
The areas below are the ones Valarie 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
How Valarie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist offers empathy and helps people clarify their goals and values, which can be useful for grief, life changes, and self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It includes practical exercises and skill-building to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valarie will discuss goals and try methods that fit the client’s needs and preferences. She tailors techniques collaboratively and adjusts as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is good for longer sessions and face-to-face connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking.
These options make it possible to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel, and to use approaches like CBT and client-centered work in formats that fit everyday life.
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