About Valerie
Valerie Keller Gates is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Oklahoma. She aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. Valerie meets clients where they are and works in straightforward, honest ways that make it easier to talk about hard things.
She adapts sessions to each person’s needs and prefers a client-centered style. That means conversations focus on what the person brings and on practical steps that fit their life.
How Valerie works
She also uses cognitive-behavioral ideas and other approaches to address thinking patterns and coping skills. Valerie trained in family studies and gerontology for her bachelor’s degree and later earned a master’s in human relations with an emphasis in licensed professional counseling.
Over seven years she has worked with people facing a wide range of challenges, from mood disorders and trauma to parenting concerns and relationship strain. In sessions she brings a transparent, caring manner and encourages honesty about difficult topics like abuse, addiction, infidelity, or financial stress. Treatment plans are tailored to individual circumstances and may combine different methods to meet specific goals.
Clients can expect practical conversation, focused problem solving, and support for rebuilding confidence and managing everyday pressures. Valerie aims to help people find clearer direction and stronger coping strategies as they move forward.
Valerie lists 6 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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
How Valerie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experience. In online sessions this means the conversation follows what matters most to the client, and plans are built from their situation and strengths. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises and small changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, helps process traumatic memories through a structured protocol that can be adapted for remote sessions.Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as progress is made. That shared decision-making helps ensure therapy matches the person’s needs over time.
Online formats offer flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever is convenient. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, ongoing support and can fit around work or family schedules. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments and to use therapeutic tools between sessions.
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