Valorie Jones , LPC

Valorie Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than ten years of experience supporting people facing mental health and substance use challenges. She also holds a specialty license in Rehabilitation Counseling, with focus areas that include physical disabilities, vocational services, career counseling, and developmental disorders. In addition to clinical counseling, she provides case management services, psychosocial rehabilitation counseling, and life skills training and coaching to aid transitional care.

Her caseload has included a wide range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting difficulties, career transitions, PTSD, OCD, and ADHD, as well as recovery from physical trauma and emotional abuse. Valorie addresses distorted beliefs and attributions that can arise from abuse and trauma, offering a supportive environment in which clients can explore their experiences and build healthier patterns.

Valorie's therapeutic style is warm and interactive, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion without relying on stigmatizing labels. Her clinical approach draws on cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, and rational-emotive techniques, and she tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each person's unique needs. The work emphasizes empowerment, confidence building, and practical coping skills, delivered with a focus on quality of care. She is prepared to support and empower clients ready to take steps toward a more fulfilling life and looks forward to working with new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Valorie integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into her online practice. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration, helping clients feel understood while they set their own goals and explore personal values. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and it is effective for concerns like anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills for coping and problem solving. She also draws on elements of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) when clients need structured tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness - DBT offers concrete strategies for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Valorie works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Valorie offers flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to maintain consistent care around work, family, and other commitments. These options support continuity of treatment and make it practical to access licensed professionals and therapists from a range of locations.