- Client-centered approach
- CBT and mindfulness
- Money and life changes
About Valerie
Valerie Keller Gates is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, and life changes. She also supports clients working through trauma, parenting struggles, attention challenges, mood concerns such as bipolar, and money and financial issues. Valerie writes plainly and meets people where they are in their lives.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and Gerontology from Southern Nazarene University and a Master of Human Relations with an emphasis in Licensed Professional Counseling from the University of Oklahoma. Valerie has about seven years of clinical experience and has worked with adults, families, and groups across a range of concerns, from mild to more severe mental health struggles.
Valerie adapts her style to each person. She leans on a client-centered approach that encourages people to lead the pace of sessions. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help identify and change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior.
Her work includes mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice their present experience and reframe difficult life stories. She has mentioned using EMDR as one of the approaches she draws on when appropriate.
Valerie aims to be transparent, honest, and caring in sessions so people can feel comfortable sharing hard things. She tailors treatment plans to individual needs and focuses on practical steps people can take between meetings to make progress.
How Valeries Approaches Translate to Online Work
Valerie uses client-centered therapy to let each person lead the pace and focus of sessions, which helps people bring up the issues that matter most to them and set realistic goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to name patterns in thoughts and behaviors and to try small, concrete changes that can reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change unhelpful habits.She also draws on EMDR in appropriate cases to support processing of traumatic memories; EMDR involves guided attention and structured steps aimed at reducing the impact of distressing memories. These methods can be complementary, and Valerie tailors which tools to use based on the client's needs and comfort.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences, adapting as progress is made. She frames therapy as a team effort where plans change based on what helps most.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time so people can focus on getting support during a lunch break or between commitments. Licensed professionals often use a mix of approaches to make sessions practical and workable for everyday life.
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, bipolar and ADHD, and money and financial issues among other concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a client-centered style that lets the person set the pace, combined with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior.
What experience does she bring?
She has seven years of experience working with adults, families, and groups and has supported people with a range of mental health challenges from mild to more severe.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma with a masters degree in Human Relations focusing on counseling.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapists availability.