Valarie Collins, LPCC

Valarie Collins is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Kentucky with 17 years of experience. She works with adults who face stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, and anger. Valarie also addresses self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Her background includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in mental health counseling. She has provided care in outpatient mental health clinics, private practice outpatient offices, rehabilitation and detox units, intensive outpatient programs, and psychiatric hospital units. That variety means she has seen how the same problem can look different in different settings.

Valarie adapts her style to the concern at hand. She most often uses motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy, and blends in other approaches when helpful. In sessions she asks questions, makes practical suggestions, and provides short educational materials related to the issue being addressed.

Goals are set together and progress is reviewed as therapy continues. Valarie offers individual, group, and couples work in her past roles, and focuses on finding approaches and strategies that fit each person’s situation. She explains options and checks in about what is working as treatment progresses.

Her practice includes work on addictions, process problems, panic and obsessive patterns, bipolar and depressive states, and stress related to major life events. People who want straight talk about anger, communication problems, control issues, or codependency may find her approach direct and practical.

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