About Valerie
Valerie Roper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and trauma. Valerie provides calm, straightforward support for those trying to feel steadier and more capable in daily life.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which means she helps clients notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions are conversational and practical. Valerie works with people who are dealing with panic, self-harm urges, attachment concerns, and disruptive mood symptoms like Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD).
How Valerie works
Valerie aims to build a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about hard feelings. She focuses on small, manageable steps that lead to clearer thinking and better coping. Parents and young adults might seek help for family problems or life transitions, and she supports women facing gender-specific stressors.
With five years of experience, Valerie blends evidence-based methods with everyday problem solving. She helps people practice new skills between sessions so changes stick. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session according to therapist availability.
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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
- Attachment issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Using CBT Online to Tackle Anxiety and Low Mood
Valerie primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a hands-on approach that helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and many stress-related problems because it focuses on concrete skills and behavior changes.She explains techniques in plain language and practices them together with clients during sessions. Deciding which strategies to use is a collaborative process - the therapist and client work together to choose methods that fit the person's goals, needs, and day-to-day routine. Adjustments are made over time as goals change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and brief reflections. These formats help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep regular momentum between meetings.
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