About Vicki
Vicki Neal is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She uses a warm, respectful style and aims to work alongside each person to find practical ways forward. Her pronouns are she/her/hers.
Vicki focuses on everyday concerns like relationship strain, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, career worries, and intimacy issues. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How Vicki works
Additional areas of attention include caregiver strain, blended family issues, divorce and separation, isolation, and aging-related concerns. Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. Sessions are collaborative; she helps people set goals and try strategies that fit their life.
Expect practical skills, reflective conversation, and exercises to try between sessions. Vicki draws on four years of documented experience as an LISW and brings a caring, interactive manner to sessions. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping clients make decisions that suit them.
She aims to empower people rather than tell them what to do. Therapy with Vicki typically includes creating a personalized plan and checking progress as goals change. Her background includes work with people who have experienced emotional abuse and domestic violence, and she pays attention to how broader social factors can affect mental health.
Vicki lists 9 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the work and the therapist reflects and supports their choices.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Vicki works collaboratively to identify which combination of methods matches a person’s goals and preferences. She regularly checks in and adjusts the plan so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option when the day is busy. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to send short updates, do brief check-ins, or fit therapy into a tight schedule. These formats give flexibility so people can access consistent support in ways that fit their routine.
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