- Goal directed
- Compassionate listener
- Practical skills
About Valerie
Valerie LaPorte is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 21 years of professional experience. She offers a compassionate, down-to-earth approach aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the daily strains of life. Valerie focuses on practical change and clear goals so people feel heard and move forward.
Valerie draws on several therapy approaches to match each person's needs. Sessions focus on listening, identifying strengths, and building skills to cope with problems like trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep struggles, anger, and addiction. She has long experience supporting people with ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes extensive work with individuals across the lifespan, from younger clients to older adults, and many years supporting people with serious mental illness. She is a Minnesota LICSW and also serves as a Board of Social Work approved clinical and non-clinical licensing supervisor.
In sessions she keeps things practical and goal-directed. Valerie uses focused listening and problem solving to help people make changes. She emphasizes dignity, respect, and compassion in every interaction.
Clients can expect treatment plans tailored to their situation. Valerie combines client-centered ideas, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and attachment-informed work to create straightforward steps people can try between sessions.
How Valerie’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand trust, closeness, and how they connect with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Valerie will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you go. She aims to help clients build skills they can use in daily life and checks in about what is working and what needs to change.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find it helpful for continuing steady care, practicing skills between sessions, and keeping momentum when life is hectic.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Valerie help people address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. Other focuses include parenting, sleeping problems, addictions, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and relationship and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is empathetic and goal-directed with focused listening and practical problem solving. She emphasizes dignity, respect, and working toward clear steps between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience and over a decade of clinical practice working with a range of concerns, including long-term work with people who have serious mental illness.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a LICSW (licensed clinical social worker) licensed in Minnesota and serves as a Minnesota Board of Social Work approved clinical and non-clinical licensing supervisor.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.