About Valerie
Valerie Jackson is a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps to improve self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes. Valerie speaks plainly and works with each person at their own pace.
She draws on three decades of experience as a social worker. Valerie treats trauma and abuse, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and common concerns like sleep and eating difficulties.
Background and approach
She also addresses more specific issues such as abandonment, codependency, caregiver stress, and communication problems. In sessions she keeps the work straightforward. Valerie listens first, then helps people set small goals they can try between meetings.
She uses tools from different approaches to match what a person needs, from building skills to shifting unhelpful thoughts and exploring emotions. People often come for help after a big life change or when worry and low mood feel overwhelming. Valerie also supports people dealing with relationship strain, divorce, or blended family challenges.
She helps with career stress, commitment concerns, and finding balance when caregiving becomes consuming. Her background includes long-term clinical experience and state licensure as an LMSW and LCSW, listed alongside CSW credentials. That background informs a practical, down-to-earth style that focuses on usable strategies and steady progress.
How Valeries Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Valerie uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify their values and take small actions that matter, even when emotions are difficult. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new ways of responding to stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try different techniques to see what fits. Together they shape a plan that blends skill-building, emotion work, and practical steps that can be tried between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, and staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Colorado
- Languages
- English