Valerie Bryan , LPC

Valerie Bryan brings 37 years of counseling experience to her work, blending clinical training with creative methods to help people navigate difficult life challenges. She draws on training as a registered art therapist to invite creative expression into problem solving, encouraging simple art-making as a way to view situations from new angles and to symbolize feelings that can be hard to name. Valerie also holds the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - which indicates state licensure to provide professional counseling services.

Her practice focuses on a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship wounds, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, addiction, grief, and coping with life changes. She aims for clients to experience hope and optimism early in the therapeutic process, offering a warm, humanistic style that uses humor and compassion as active tools for growth and resilience. Influenced by Jungian ideas and Native American spiritual perspectives, she emphasizes balance, respect for differences, and gratitude while also inviting clients to examine the darker, often denied parts of themselves so that greater self-knowledge and authentic living can emerge.

Valerie may sometimes suggest keeping markers and paper nearby to draw or map feelings and relationships; no artistic skill is required. She welcomes clients who are ready to pursue greater self-compassion, release old pain, and rediscover reasons for laughter and gratitude as part of their healing.

Therapeutic Approaches Online - Creative, Humanistic, and Practical

Valerie integrates client-centered therapy into her online work, offering a warm, nonjudgmental stance that prioritizes each person’s experience and encourages self-directed growth. This approach is helpful for relationship concerns, self-esteem struggles, and navigating life transitions because it focuses on empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own goals.

She also brings Jungian-informed perspectives to therapy, inviting exploration of inner themes, symbolic material, and the parts of the self people often avoid. This can support deeper insight into patterns such as recurring relationship dynamics, feelings of emptiness, or unresolved grief by illuminating underlying meanings and facilitating personal integration.

When useful, cognitive behavioral techniques are employed to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. These hands-on strategies can complement deeper exploration to provide relief and build resilience.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy or changing schedules while maintaining continuity of care with licensed professionals and therapists.