Prof. Valerie Starr, LCPC, LCMHC
Compassionate, experienced counselor for parenting and relationships
Book with Valerie- Years in practice
- 38
- Credentials
- LCPC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- New Hampshire, Nevada
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Valerie
Prof. Valerie Starr is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 38 years of practice. She offers calm, straightforward help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, addictions, and parenting concerns.
Her tone is warm and respectful and she aims to make sessions feel practical and doable. Valerie centers conversations on the person in front of her rather than labels.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps set small, clear goals. Sessions often include talking through relationship patterns, building coping skills, and practicing concrete steps to reduce overwhelm. She also works with intimacy issues, self-esteem, anger, and identity concerns such as LGBT matters.
Her background includes long experience in community mental health and independent practice, alongside eleven years teaching graduate courses in family systems and ethics. That mix of clinical work and teaching informs a thoughtful, reflective approach. She draws on multiple methods to match what a person needs in the moment.
Therapy with her tends to be collaborative and paced to what feels doable. She respects people’s strengths and past efforts and focuses on realistic changes you can try between sessions. Parents who want clearer strategies for caregiving and communication may find this practical emphasis useful.
Valerie works from Nevada and conducts sessions in English. She is open to working with people across different locations, including international clients, using formats that fit busy lives.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Valerie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current interactions. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns and practice new ways of connecting with partners or children. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, acceptance, and the client’s own goals. In sessions she follows the client’s lead, reflecting concerns and helping clarify next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical tools to change them, which can be practiced between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She treats therapy as a collaboration and will help figure out which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online formats make it easier to fit care into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues for relationship work and role practice. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, questions between sessions, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options aim to increase flexibility and accessibility for the pace of modern life.
Questions people ask about Valerie
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting challenges, among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and person-centered. She listens first, then helps set practical goals and strategies that fit daily life.
What is her clinical background?
She has 38 years of experience in community mental health and independent practice, and taught graduate courses in family systems and ethics for eleven years.
Which credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She holds LCPC and LCMHC credentials and practices from Nevada.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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