Valerie Wolfinger, LPCC

Valerie Wolfinger is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 15 years of experience. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, addiction, trauma and a wide range of life changes. Valerie aims to create a straightforward, down-to-earth space where clients can make real progress.

She believes many patterns come from past experiences that once made sense but no longer serve a person today. Valerie listens for those thinking errors and stuck beliefs and helps people test new ways of responding. She favors a direct style that may include a bit of humor and pointed questions to move conversations forward.

Valerie uses client-centered skills to follow each person's goals and preferences. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness exercises and solution-focused steps are used to build practical coping tools.

Her background includes work with postpartum and fertility concerns, trauma and PTSD, substance use, and relationship challenges. She has supported people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness, attachment and abandonment issues, and a range of family problems.

Outside of work she spends time with her four children, reads, cooks, and watches new shows. Valerie earned a master's degree from the University of Dayton and holds an LPCC in Ohio.

How Valerie’s approaches fit into online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following each person's goals. The therapist reflects what she hears and helps people decide their next steps, which is useful for relationship, grief, and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going. It teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and support emotional awareness. That approach can be helpful for stress, trauma responses, and managing strong emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. Sessions can combine elements from different approaches as needed.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, it can save travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday break, and let people use practices in their everyday routines. Talk with the therapist about practical needs and scheduling to find what will work best.