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Vicki Zeitner, LPC

  • Experience17 years
  • LocationOregon
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Career
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Vicki

Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings 17 years of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She uses a collaborative, conversational approach that emphasizes mindfulness, self-reflection, and practical tools to improve communication, manage mood, and clarify priorities. Vicki draws on Internal Family Systems ideas alongside cognitive and acceptance-based methods to help clients notice habitual patterns and experiment with new ways of responding.

Her background spans community mental health, outpatient counseling, and inpatient programs, and includes nearly 15 years in academia, which contributes to a broad perspective on life stages and institutional pressures. Vicki has lived in diverse settings and values multicultural awareness, welcoming clients from varied backgrounds.

She does not provide treatment for active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders, or self-harm. In sessions she aims to balance practical problem solving with deeper exploration, offering resources and coaching while honoring client choices.

Vicki’s style is accepting, curious, and down-to-earth, suited to people willing to reflect on their experience, try new strategies, and apply learning between sessions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Vicki integrates Internal Family Systems concepts with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to guide remote work. Internal Family Systems helps people notice inner parts and gently relate to them, which can be useful for addressing shame, conflicting desires, or longstanding self‑criticism. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and building psychological flexibility, often helping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns shaped by early relationships to improve communication and emotional regulation in current relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Vicki will work with clients to identify goals, experiment with different techniques, and adapt methods to suit learning styles and practical needs. She emphasizes curiosity and client choice, helping people decide which tools fit their situation rather than prescribing a single path.

Online therapy with Vicki is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or geographic constraints. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try brief coaching-style contacts between longer sessions, and fit counseling into a busy life while still focusing on meaningful change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Vicki works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and career issues, grief, trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is conversational, accepting, and curious, blending practical problem-solving with mindfulness and exploration of underlying patterns to help clients change habitual responses.
What clinical background does she bring?
She has 17 years of experience in community mental health, outpatient counseling, and inpatient treatment programs, plus nearly 15 years of work in academia.
Where is she licensed and how is that listed?
She is licensed in Oregon as an LPC with license number OR LPC C4523.
Does she provide services in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available for remote work?
Clients may meet with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preference and schedule.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesGender dysphoriaInfidelityLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPrejudice and discriminationSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Oregon

Languages

English