About Vanessa
Vanessa Trupiano is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship problems, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She practices in Oregon and brings six years of professional experience to her work. Vanessa aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for people to talk through hard things.
Vanessa keeps sessions practical and focused on the issues you bring. She adapts conversation and plans to match each person's needs and goals.
Background and approach
That might mean short-term strategies to manage anxiety or a longer plan to address patterns that fuel addiction. Her approach draws on client-centered work that centers what matters to you. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage emotions and distress.
Mindfulness practices and relationship tools from the Gottman Method are available when they fit your goals. Vanessa pays particular attention to people connected to first responder or military life, and to the stresses those roles can produce. She combines listening with practical coaching to build coping skills and improve daily functioning.
She is straightforward about how therapy moves forward: an initial match, a plan tailored to your needs, and regular sessions that adjust as progress is made. Vanessa encourages anyone feeling stuck to take the next step and explore whether therapy could help.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and values, making sessions about what matters most to you and shaping conversation around your priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that maintain anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and reducing impulsive reactions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss options, and try methods that match your needs and preferences. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what helps most, mixing short-term strategies and longer work as needed.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and seeing nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when a written record of skills and steps is helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to continue work between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English