About Valerie
Valerie Wolfinger is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 15 years of experience who helps people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and relationship problems. She also supports those facing parenting strain, career shifts, trauma and abuse, and challenges related to identity and self-esteem. Her style is direct and warm, with a readiness to laugh while tackling hard topics.
Valerie favors a client-centered way of working. She listens first, then offers clear questions and practical next steps.
How Valerie works
She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thinking and learn new responses. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help when the goal is change and forward movement. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented.
Valerie aims to help clients recognize patterns that no longer serve them and practice new behaviors in everyday life. She often blends curiosity, challenge, and gentle humor to keep work grounded and real. Her background includes a master’s degree from the University of Dayton and a bachelor’s from Ohio University.
She draws on 15 years of clinical work across a variety of concerns, including substance use and trauma-related issues. Valerie describes herself as straightforward and supportive in session. Outside of work she enjoys time with her four children, reading, cooking, and watching shows on streaming services.
That everyday perspective helps her focus on concrete steps clients can try between sessions.
Valerie lists 5 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How Valerie’s approaches work online
Client-centered work means the therapist follows the client's lead and focuses on what matters most to them. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes goals that fit their life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and habit changes like substance use. Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment and teaches simple practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice can change over time as new issues come up or progress is made. Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter, audio-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, get brief support between sessions, or fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice skills in daily life.Start online instead of waiting
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