About Valerie
Dr. Valerie Glass uses client-centered, narrative, and solution-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, and life changes. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience.
Dr. Glass brings a calm, direct style and a focus on practical steps people can use between sessions. She earned a doctorate in marriage and family therapy and also teaches students training to become therapists.
That teaching role keeps her thinking about current clinical ideas and practical tools she can share.
How Valerie works
Her work spans common concerns like depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD, along with intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. Dr. Glass has a particular focus on LGBT issues, gender dysphoria, women’s concerns, and alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink.
She also helps people sort out family of origin questions, family problems, and the stresses of parenting. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and meets people where they are. In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps people set clear, manageable goals.
She uses narrative techniques to reshape stories people tell about themselves and solution-focused methods to identify next steps. Her client-centered stance means the person’s preferences guide the work. Practical supports are part of her approach.
She offers coaching-style feedback when helpful and works with clients on career stress, self-esteem, and building coping skills. Dr. Glass aims to help people move from feeling stuck to having concrete options they can try between sessions.
Valerie lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what is said, and helps identify priorities for change. This approach is useful for people facing general stress, relationship questions, and low self-esteem.Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships. By separating problems from identity, it becomes easier to spot new options and rewrite unhelpful patterns. This method can help with trauma, family of origin issues, gender and sexuality questions, and identity-related concerns.
Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. Sessions often identify one or two experiments or behavior changes to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, coping, and career or parenting stresses.
The therapist will work collaboratively to find the best mix of approaches for each person. Together they will consider the client’s goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques to shape an individualized plan.
Online formats offer flexibility for fitting therapy into a busy life. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions.
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