- 30 years experience
- Direct and kind
- Adoption and foster care
About Valarie
Valarie Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker with the LICSW credential and three decades of counseling experience. She practices in Washington and brings a steady, straightforward presence to sessions. Her style is kind but direct, and she aims to help people make clear choices and steady progress.
Valarie has a long history of working with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She also helps with stress, addictions, relationship concerns, eating issues, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Adoption and foster care concerns are listed among her additional focus areas.
Her approach mixes Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic ideas, and Solution-Focused techniques. That means she listens for personal priorities, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact, pays attention to past patterns, and helps set practical steps toward change.
Sessions tend to be collaborative. Valarie supports clients while also offering gentle challenges to encourage movement. She can include Christian-based counseling when clients want that perspective and respects each person’s background and preferences.
Over her career she has worked in many settings, including years supporting people living overseas and adapting to new cultures. That breadth of experience informs how she notices cultural and life-transition stresses and helps people find workable solutions.
How Valarie's Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding each person’s experience and building care around their goals. In practice this looks like listening closely, asking questions about what matters most, and shaping sessions to fit those priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It often involves noticing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Valarie will discuss goals and preferences and then recommend ways of working that match the client’s needs. That decision is collaborative and can shift as progress is made.
Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, and let people join from different locations when that helps keep appointments consistent.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Credentials
Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Valarie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, life changes, addictions, relationship and eating issues, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, among others.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is generally kind but direct. She listens, supports personal choices, and offers challenges to help people move forward.
What is her professional background?
She has about 30 years of counseling experience, including work overseas supporting people through cross-cultural adjustment and a wide range of life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LICSW credential and practices in Washington.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.