Valerie Holcomb , LPC

Valerie Holcomb is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 18 years of experience helping people navigate a wide range of mental health and life challenges. She has worked with individuals facing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, ADHD, and the aftermath of physical or emotional trauma, as well as clients addressing relationship, parenting, and career concerns.

Valerie has supported adults, adolescents, couples, and families through both individual and group sessions across diverse settings, including inpatient hospitals, inpatient and outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, community mental health clinics, schools and school campuses, wilderness challenge programs, and correctional facilities. Her background also includes extensive volunteer work focused on veterans, PTSD awareness campaigns, and involvement with local and state mental health advocacy efforts such as NAMI and Behavioral Health Advisory Council.

Her therapeutic style is warm, interactive, and relaxed, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion without stigmatizing labels. She combines cognitive-behavioral techniques, humanistic principles, cognitive processing methods, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness practices, and rational-emotive approaches to tailor treatment to each person. Valerie emphasizes building a strong therapeutic alliance, pacing work toward independence, and supporting behavior change that aligns with each client’s goals. She looks for and helps others recognize their potential while guiding practical steps toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Valerie blends evidence-informed approaches to meet each client where they are. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values, accept difficult thoughts or feelings, and take committed action toward a more meaningful life - it is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, making it useful for depression, anxiety, and coping with daily challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses, and it can help with intimacy issues, attachment concerns, and relationship repair.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens collaboratively. Valerie works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and strengths, then adapts techniques and pacing to fit each person’s needs so the work feels practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives and varied circumstances. Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to access licensed professionals from different locations and to choose the format that best supports consistent engagement and follow-through.