About Vicki
Vicki Farley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 20 years of clinical experience. She uses a warm, client-centered manner and listens first to help people tell their story. Vicki aims to meet each person where they are and work toward concrete goals they can use in daily life.
She draws on client-centered principles inspired by Carl Rogers to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space. Vicki also uses cognitive behavioral techniques when they fit the problem, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding.
How Vicki works
Her background includes Jungian ideas and mindfulness practices that support self-reflection and emotional regulation. Her work includes stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, self-esteem, career concerns, and bipolar disorder.
Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, cancer, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. Vicki has experience in independent practice and addiction treatment programs. She has helped clients with problems that ranged from straightforward to highly complex and values tailoring the approach to each person’s needs.
Her clinical perspective blends listening with practical strategies to support change. People who work with Vicki can expect a collaborative process. She emphasizes understanding the client’s story before suggesting techniques.
Sessions aim to be clear and focused on steps people can try between meetings.
Vicki lists 8 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
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online therapy and practical benefits
Vicki uses a client-centered approach that prioritizes listening and understanding each person’s story. This means the first work in sessions is to hear what matters most and build goals together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try practical behavior changes; it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Vicki collaborates with people to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She may combine client-centered listening with CBT techniques or mindfulness tools based on what a person needs and how they respond to early sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let therapists see nonverbal cues and work in real time, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short updates, coping strategies between sessions, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work on stress, addiction recovery, grief, or ongoing mood concerns with regular contact.
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