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Vicki Bonham, LMHC

  • Experience5 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, LGBT, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Vicki

Vicki Bonham is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with five years of clinical experience and a long background in education and counseling. She combines therapeutic practice with experience as a motivational speaker and life coach, bringing a practical, strengths-based orientation to sessions.

Background and approach

Her training includes approaches that help clients work through patterns related to stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and grief, and she adapts work to address areas such as trauma, intimacy-related challenges, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress. Vicki emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care while tailoring conversations and treatment plans to each person's needs.

She draws on evidence-informed methods to help people build coping skills, increase emotional awareness, and pursue more satisfying ways of relating to themselves and others. Those who seek guidance around life transitions, career concerns, parenting challenges, body image, attachment issues, or LGBT-related concerns will find a pragmatic collaborator who encourages courage and gradual change.

Her work aims to empower clients to move toward clearer values and more manageable day-to-day functioning.

Online Approaches and How They Help

Vicki integrates Internal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into online work. Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people notice and dialogue with the different parts of themselves, making it useful for trauma, internal conflict, and patterns that affect relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and building committed action while teaching acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings, which can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and navigating life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Vicki treats selection as a collaborative effort. She will discuss goals, preferences, and challenges with each client and adapt methods so the work fits individual needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. This cooperative stance helps clients try approaches and adjust as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options let people fit therapy into varied schedules, revisit insights in writing, and maintain contact when in-person visits are not practical. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent, ongoing support tailored to each person's life and goals.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Vicki address?
Vicki works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, LGBT-related matters, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, body image, and communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing respect, sensitivity, and practical strategies. She tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each person and uses evidence-informed methods to build coping skills and emotional awareness.
What is her professional background?
She brings five years of clinical experience as an LMHC along with many years in education and counseling roles, and also works as a motivational speaker and life coach.
Where is she licensed and how is that listed?
She is licensed in Florida as an LMHC with license number FL LMHC MH21277 and practices with that credential in the state.
Can non-English speakers work with this therapist?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and schedule.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English