About Valerie
Valerie Kennedy Lang helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, trauma, and major life changes. She also supports those coping with compassion fatigue, relationship strain, anger, depression, and ADHD. Valerie is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri and brings 14 years of experience to her work.
She listens first and tries to meet each person where they are. Sessions focus on clear goals the client sets, and practical steps to reach them.
How Valerie works
Valerie describes her style as collaborative and nonjudgmental, helping people talk through painful experiences and find what works for their lives. Her background includes work in healthcare settings, nonprofit organizations, and independent practice. That experience gives her familiarity with caregiving stress, chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and grief after medical trauma.
She also has experience addressing family of origin issues, attachment concerns, and the strains that come with infertility and fertility challenges. Valerie uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. She draws on client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, emotionally focused work, and mindfulness practices.
These methods are used to reduce symptoms, build coping skills, and improve emotional connection and self-awareness. People can expect a steady, practical approach aimed at small changes that add up. Valerie works with issues like body image, caregiver burnout, chronic pain and illness, isolation, postpartum depression, and feelings of emptiness.
She aims to help people move toward greater balance and clearer next steps.
Valerie lists 7 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy centers the person's goals and preferences, with the therapist following the person's lead and offering support tailored to each concern. This approach helps people clarify what matters most and set achievable steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with practical strategies for coping and problem solving; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, includes skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for intense emotions and relationship struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will discuss options and help decide which methods fit the person's needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is made together and can be adjusted over time if something isn't working.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can provide a quicker check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical appointments while keeping consistent momentum.
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