About Valerie
Valerie Girod is an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 23 years of clinical experience. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and meets people with respect and compassion. Valerie focuses on practical help for everyday struggles so clients can start making small changes right away.
She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, and motivation. She also helps people dealing with relationship concerns, parenting challenges, self-esteem and confidence, and intimacy-related matters.
How Valerie works
Other areas include grief, trauma and abuse, anger, addiction, bipolar disorder, ADHD, career worries, and coping with life changes. Valerie adapts the conversation and a treatment plan to each person she sees. Sessions are shaped around the client's goals and what works in their daily life.
She emphasizes straightforward strategies people can try between sessions to build progress over time. Her approach is centered on listening carefully and responding with sensitivity. She encourages small, achievable steps and checks in on how those steps are working.
The intent is to keep therapy practical while honoring each person's experience. Valerie offers services in English from Arizona and draws on two decades of hands-on practice. She recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the process easier to navigate.
If someone is ready to begin, she helps them move from that first step toward ongoing change.
What Valerie works with
The areas below are the ones Valerie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Practical approaches and online options for support
Valerie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear steps and measurable progress. One common approach is solution-focused work that narrows in on current goals and what changes will make life easier. This method helps when someone wants short-term strategies for stress, motivation, or coping with life changes.Another common approach emphasizes emotion-focused conversation that helps people name and tolerate difficult feelings like grief, anger, or trauma reactions. That style supports work on intimacy, self-esteem, and processing painful experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Valerie works together with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences, then adjusts as progress unfolds. The collaboration aims to keep therapy useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact and reflection. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, parenting, and other commitments while keeping a steady therapeutic rhythm.
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