About Valeri
Valeri Bennett is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She also addresses relationship and family concerns in individual sessions.
Her approach centers on practical steps and steady support rather than quick fixes. Valeri believes each person knows their story best. She looks for strengths clients already have and helps them use those strengths to face hard moments.
How Valeri works
Sessions aim to build clarity about choices and small actions that add up over time. She uses plain, straightforward methods that clients can apply between appointments. That can mean learning new ways to cope with strong emotions, improving communication, or practicing short mindfulness exercises.
Valeri also draws on approaches that focus on thoughts and behaviors when those patterns get in the way. Her background includes work with issues linked to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and substance use. She addresses problems like abandonment, codependency, and commitment worries with compassion and practical plans.
People who meet with Valeri can expect a collaborative, respectful style. She offers guidance while inviting clients to shape goals and pace. The focus is on steady progress, useful tools, and making changes that fit everyday life.
Valeri lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Valeri works with
The areas below are the ones Valeri selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Valeri integrates approaches that help people notice what matters, shift unhelpful thinking, and build new habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify personal values and take small steps toward them even when emotions are difficult; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and replacing them with more helpful options; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience, offering a respectful, listening-based space to make choices and try different responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Valeri will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust those strategies based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing reflection, or scheduling flexibility without needing to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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