- CBT informed
- Mindfulness practice
- Solution focused
About Verna
Verna Tickle is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington with 20 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and issues around self-esteem, including guilt and shame. Verna helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or isolated to talk through what’s happening and consider practical next steps.
Her sessions are straightforward and down-to-earth. She listens, asks clear questions, and offers tools people can try between meetings. Techniques drawn from cognitive-behavioral ideas, mindfulness, and solution-focused work appear in her practice when they fit the person’s needs.
Verna frames therapy as a collaborative process. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and helps them name priorities and test small changes. That can include learning ways to manage anxiety, untangle communication problems, or set boundaries around codependency and control issues.
She also supports people dealing with forgiveness, guilt and shame, and the aftermath of divorce or separation. For substance concerns she approaches drug and alcohol addiction with practical strategies and attention to motivation and coping skills.
Clients find her straightforward style useful for working on life purpose, self-love, social anxiety, and women’s issues. Sessions aim to clarify what matters and identify manageable steps forward.
How Verna brings evidence-based techniques to online work
Verna uses a few practical, evidence-based approaches in her work. Cognitive-behavioral ideas focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and social fear. Mindfulness practices help people notice strong emotions like guilt or shame and respond with calmer choices rather than immediate reaction.She also draws on solution-focused techniques that zero in on small, achievable steps. These help when someone wants quick ways to manage stress, improve communication, or break patterns of codependency. Together, therapist and client decide which methods to try and adjust them as needed; that decision is collaborative and based on what feels useful.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, not needing travel time, or choosing an appointment that matches daily routines. It can also allow for sessions that focus on exercises, skill practice, and real-time problem solving so progress can be applied between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she support?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and self-esteem issues. Her additional focus includes guilt and shame, codependency, and isolation or loneliness.
How does she approach feelings of guilt and shame?
She uses practical conversations and exercises to help name those feelings and explore how they affect daily life. Work often includes strategies from cognitive-behavioral ideas and mindfulness to shift unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience working with adults on a range of concerns from anxiety to addiction and relationship issues. That experience shapes a straightforward, tool-oriented approach.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the state of Washington.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Pricing details are provided during the sign-up flow.
How do I start 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.