About Vicki
Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and life transitions. Vicki aims to make therapy straightforward and practical, using clear conversation and real strategies.
She helps people improve communication and work-life balance. Vicki also supports those coping with grief, trauma or abuse, and concerns around gender identity and LGBT issues. Coaching and compassion fatigue are part of her toolkit when clients need practical direction.
How Vicki works
Vicki has worked in community mental health agencies, outpatient centers, and inpatient treatment programs. Her background includes nearly 15 years in academia, which gave her insight into university life and its pressures. She has lived in a range of communities across different regions and cultural settings.
Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered methods. Sessions are conversational and accepting - she asks questions, listens, and offers alternatives to try between meetings. Vicki also shares resources clients can use outside sessions.
She is clear about boundaries: she does not treat active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders, or self-harm. Vicki welcomes diverse backgrounds and works best with people who are willing to reflect, try new ways of thinking, and do the work between sessions.
Vicki lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. Online ACT sessions often include simple in-session exercises and between-session values work to handle anxiety, depression, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and actions interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. In an online setting CBT can include guided exercises, thought records, and homework that fit into daily life to manage stress and mood.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) draws attention to emotional patterns in relationships and personal experience. When used online, EFT can help people identify feelings, practice new ways of expressing needs, and try communication strategies with real-time coaching.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. That process may include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting as needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility and different ways to connect. Video calls let therapists and clients work face-to-face when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats can make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
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