About Vickie
Vickie Griffin welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, or life changes. She introduces a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier. Vickie is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, with ten years of experience in North Carolina.
She uses clear language and simple tools so people can try things between sessions and see what helps. Her work starts by listening to each person's story and identifying strengths they already have.
How Vickie works
She offers a warm and supportive space while also inviting gentle challenge when it helps someone move forward. Vickie draws from client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person's needs and goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thought and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood.
Dialectical behavior strategies may be added when emotional regulation or intense reactions interfere with daily life. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven into sessions to build awareness and encourage practical change. Vickie has worked with people facing grief, intimacy concerns, self-esteem struggles, career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care themes, attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and communication or control challenges. Her approach is flexible and grounded in what the person wants to achieve. People who prefer straightforward, compassionate guidance may find her style helpful.
She emphasizes collaboration and small steps that fit real life.
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What Vickie works with
The areas below are the ones Vickie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Vickie Uses Practical Approaches Online
Vickie blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people sort through what matters most and change unhelpful thinking. Client-centered work focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths so goals come from the person rather than the therapist. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches hands-on skills to reduce anxiety and low mood. She may also use dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions run high and people need tools to manage intense feelings and improve communication. DBT skills include grounding, emotion regulation, and clear problem-solving steps that can be practiced between sessions. Choosing which approaches to use is a collaborative process based on the person's needs and goals. Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer short, timely support and can be useful for brief coaching, follow-ups, or when writing helps process thoughts. These options give flexibility so therapy can match real-life schedules and preferences.Start online instead of waiting
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