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Valerie Bryan, LPC

  • Experience37 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Valerie

Valerie Bryan brings 37 years of counseling experience to her practice in Texas, combining clinical training with a background in registered art therapy to help clients approach difficulties from fresh angles.

Background and approach

She integrates creative exercises into sessions when helpful, inviting clients to use simple drawing or mapping to symbolize relationships, emotions, or patterns without any artistic skill required. Her goal is for clients to leave early sessions feeling a renewed sense of hope and possibility.

Her style is warm, humanistic, and compassionate, often incorporating gentle humor alongside careful attention to painful material. Valerie draws on Jungian ideas and influences from Native American spirituality to emphasize balance, respect for difference, and the value of facing darker aspects of the self rather than denying them.

She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, self-esteem, and many other life challenges. Valerie aims to support clients in releasing old wounds, increasing self-knowledge, and cultivating more authentic, resilient ways of living.

Approaches for Online Work and How They Help

Valerie blends Internal Family Systems ideas with attachment-based and client-centered sensibilities to guide online therapy. Internal Family Systems focuses on recognizing and relating to parts of the self that hold different emotions and beliefs, which can be useful for trauma, self-criticism, and internal conflict. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relational patterns shape current ways of connecting and can help with relationship struggles, intimacy issues, and feelings of abandonment. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and the client’s own capacity for growth, supporting work on depression, self-esteem, and life transitions.

Choosing the most helpful approach is a collaborative process. Valerie partners with clients to identify goals, notice what feels effective, and adapt methods over time so therapy matches each person’s needs and preferences rather than following a fixed script.

Online formats offer practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives or to continue work when in-person meetings are not possible. These options allow consistent access to licensed professionals while supporting creative exercises and reflective work that Valerie may invite, such as simple drawing or mapping activities during a session.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Valerie address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, self-esteem, and many related life challenges such as codependency and body image.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is warm and humanistic, using compassion and occasional humor alongside direct exploration of difficult emotions to promote growth and resilience.
What is her clinical background and experience?
Valerie has 37 years of counseling experience and is also trained as a registered art therapist, which she integrates into clinical work when useful.
Where is Valerie licensed and what credentials does she hold?
She holds an LPC credential and is licensed in Texas with license number TX LPC 9269.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for remote work?
Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to the formats listed.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

37+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English