- Years in practice
- 23
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Valerie
Valerie Girod is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Arizona with 23 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and struggles with self-esteem. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma, addiction concerns, and life changes.
Valerie aims to listen without judgment and respond with sensitivity and respect. Her work focuses on creating a practical plan that fits each person's situation. Conversations are shaped around the immediate problem and the goals a person wants to reach.
Background and approach
Sessions often include clear steps to try between meetings so progress feels tangible. Valerie believes starting therapy takes courage and acknowledges that first step. She adapts her approach to match each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all model.
That means changing pace, focus, or techniques based on what helps most. Over her career she has supported people with relationship and intimacy-related concerns as well as those dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood issues, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also works with people navigating career choices and motivation difficulties.
The emphasis is on usable tools and steady forward movement. Her style is warm and straightforward. She aims to make sessions feel like a practical conversation where people leave with something to try.
If you want help sorting through parenting stress, anxiety, or another life challenge, she offers a calm, experienced presence to guide the work.
What Valerie works with
Everything Valerie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Valerie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Valerie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the issue you bring. One common approach focuses on practical problem solving and skill-building that targets anxiety, stress, and day-to-day parenting challenges; this involves identifying patterns, practicing new responses, and tracking small changes over time. Another frequent focus is mood regulation and coping strategies for depression, bipolar symptoms, or anger, which teaches clear techniques for managing intense emotions and reducing risky impulses.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their pace, and adjust plans when something does not feel helpful. Together you decide what to try next and whether a different technique might work better for your situation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be simpler when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging lets you send updates between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and changing routines.
Questions people ask about Valerie
What concerns does Valerie commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, self-esteem and motivation concerns. Other areas include grief, trauma and addiction-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm and straightforward with an emphasis on practical steps. Conversations focus on the problem at hand and clear actions to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 23 years of professional experience providing counseling services in a variety of settings. That background informs a steady, experience-based approach to common life challenges.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC, and practices in Arizona.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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