About Vicki
Vicki Bauer is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 34 years of experience. She speaks English and works with individuals facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career or life transitions.
Her style is direct and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on practical steps parents and caregivers can use right away.
How Vicki works
She blends problem-solving talk with attention to feelings so people leave with a clearer plan and relief from overwhelming emotions. Vicki has a long history providing supports around intellectual disability and developmental concerns, including autism and Asperger syndrome. She helps caregivers and family members manage day-to-day stress and communication problems while also working on behavior goals for the person with special needs.
Her approach draws on client-centered work to follow what matters to each person, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and actions, and solution-focused strategies to set achievable goals. Mindfulness tools are used to manage anxiety, anger, and sleep problems. Vicki also addresses blended family issues, abandonment wounds, codependency, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin problems.
She works with people navigating divorce, communication breakdowns, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and mood disorders. Her counseling aims to help people feel steadier and more capable in daily life.
Vicki lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Vicki works with
The areas below are the ones Vicki selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Vicki’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on what matters most to the person seeking help. The therapist listens carefully and shapes sessions around each person's goals and values, which helps people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and replacing them with more useful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each client about their concerns, try out techniques, and adjust plans as needed so the work fits the client's needs and preferences. That means goals, homework, and session pace are decided together rather than imposed.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling caregiving, work, and daily life.
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