About Valerie
Valerie Girod is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Arizona with 23 years of experience. She works with adults who want practical help for anger, stress, anxiety, relationship problems, and parenting pressures. Her approach is straightforward and goal-focused, aimed at helping people manage strong feelings and day-to-day challenges.
She helps people tackle issues such as low self-esteem, depression, addiction concerns, and grief. Valerie also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries, career stress, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her work includes helping LGBT clients with the specific pressures they may face.
In sessions she listens and then offers tools that fit the situation. Conversations are shaped around what the client wants to change and what is realistic to try. She adapts the plan as progress is made and as life circumstances shift.
Valerie emphasizes practical steps patients can use between sessions. That might include communication strategies for tense moments, ways to spot triggers, or simple exercises to reduce immediate reactivity. She talks through options and practices skills together so clients feel more confident using them outside sessions.
Clients begin by describing the problem and their goals. From there Valerie and the client build a plan with clear steps and checkpoints. The focus stays on what helps the person make small, steady changes in how they respond to anger and stress.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Valerie draws on common evidence-based approaches that focus on skills practice and real-world change. One approach teaches people to notice and name physical and thinking patterns that lead to anger, then to try short exercises to reduce reactivity; this helps with workplace frustration and family arguments. Another approach focuses on behavior change through small experiments and repetition so new responses become easier to use in everyday life; that is useful for breaking cycles of resentment and for improving communication.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Valerie collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day schedule. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods if something is not helping.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Online work still centers on practicing skills together and applying them between sessions to reduce reactivity and manage anger more effectively.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on anger, stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting, self-esteem, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, intimacy issues, career stress, bipolar, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on practical tools and clear steps to manage emotions and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of professional work experience as a counselor in Arizona.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Arizona and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are session formats arranged?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.