- Relationship focus
- Practical next steps
- Strengths-based
About Valerie
Valerie Malicki is an Ohio-based Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stresses, self-esteem struggles, and money and financial issues. Valerie aims to create practical next steps so clients can feel more confident and purposeful in day-to-day life.
She uses a mix of relationship-focused and trauma-aware approaches to guide conversations about attachment, communication, and emotional blocks. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with time spent identifying patterns and trying small, manageable changes between meetings. Valerie centers clients' own strengths and life stories when mapping a path forward.
Her background combines long experience in counseling with life coaching and mentoring roles. That mix informs a style that blends compassionate listening with active skill-building. She draws on decades of personal experience in relationships and parenting to relate to practical family and home-life challenges.
Valerie often works with people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, guilt and shame, and trouble finding life purpose. She also supports those coping with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, body image concerns, and caregiver strain. Her approach includes attention to how money and financial issues affect emotional well-being and relationships.
Conversations focus on realistic steps - clearer communication, setting boundaries, repairing trust, and making day-to-day changes that add up. Valerie encourages small experiments that test new ways of relating and managing stress. She helps clients track progress and adjust plans as they move forward.
How her approaches guide online care
Imago Relationship Therapy focuses on improving communication between partners by creating structured conversations that rebuild connection and safety. It is often used for longstanding relationship patterns and intimacy concerns.Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from their problems by examining the stories they tell about their lives. This approach is useful for changing limiting beliefs, addressing shame, and reshaping roles that no longer fit.
Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past hurts affect present reactions and relationships. It looks at triggers, safety, and practical strategies to reduce the hold of traumatic memories on daily life.
Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Valerie will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. She listens to clients’ concerns and adapts the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel and allowing appointments during breaks or from quieter places. They can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited and remove the need to be on camera when clients prefer audio only. Discussing practical needs during the match process helps set up sessions that work with daily routines.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Valerie commonly address?
She works with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, self-esteem challenges, and money and financial issues. Other focuses include attachment, guilt and shame, and mood disorders.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines compassionate listening with practical coaching. Sessions emphasize identifying patterns, trying small changes, and building skills week by week.
How long has she practiced?
Valerie has 20 years of combined professional experience as a therapist, life coach, and mentor.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the LPCC credential and is licensed in Ohio.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.