- CBT methods
- Mindfulness practice
- Solution focused work
About Valerie
Valerie Kline is a Florida LCSW - a licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Valerie uses straightforward conversation to help people untangle what’s keeping them stuck.
She listens for how guilt or shame show up in daily life and how those feelings shape choices. Conversations often begin with small, practical steps to reduce overwhelming thoughts. She uses clear tools rather than jargon so people can try things between sessions.
Valerie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people sit with difficult feelings without reacting to them. Solution-Focused methods help set short-term goals and track progress.
When trauma or abuse are part of the story, Valerie uses trauma-focused methods aimed at reducing the ways past events keep affecting daily routines. She pays attention to safety and pacing, moving at a tempo the person can manage.
Her style is practical and conversational. Sessions tend to focus on concrete skills - noticing thoughts, testing assumptions, building small habits, and practicing grounding. She encourages people to bring specific incidents of guilt or shame to talk through, and she helps identify steps that fit real life.
Clients in Florida can expect clear explanations of methods, short-term goal planning, and follow-up to see what is working. Language of therapy is English.
How Valerie uses evidence-based approaches in online sessions
Valerie often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-life evidence. CBT works well for anxiety, low mood, and patterns of guilt that come from automatic assumptions about oneself.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity to painful memories or shame. Mindfulness helps people pause and notice feelings without acting on them, which can make it easier to choose different responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie treats approach selection as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust based on what actually helps in daily life.
Confirm the current session formats before booking because they are not listed in the biography. Many people find online sessions useful for fitting therapy into workdays, reducing travel time, and keeping follow-up appointments more consistent. Phone options can make check-ins shorter and require less bandwidth, while video allows for verbal and visual cues during skill practice. Licensed professionals generally adapt techniques so tools can be practiced between sessions and put into everyday routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she work with related to guilt or shame?
She works with guilt and shame alongside stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, and depression.
How does she approach feelings of guilt and shame in sessions?
She uses practical techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness to notice thought patterns and practice different responses to difficult feelings.
How long has she been practicing clinically?
She has 10 years of professional experience as a clinician.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Florida LCSW, which stands for licensed clinical social worker, and practices in Florida.
Does she offer therapy in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How does payment and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.