Valarie Collins, LPCC

Valarie Collins is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Kentucky with 17 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, mood disorders, trauma and relationship struggles. Valarie also focuses on codependency, communication problems, and issues like grief, intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.

Her background includes a bachelor's in psychology and a master's in mental health counseling. She has worked in outpatient clinics, private practice settings, rehabilitation and detox units, intensive outpatient programs, and psychiatric hospital units. That range means she has helped people through both short-term crises and longer term challenges.

Valarie adapts her methods to the problem at hand. She most often uses motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy, and blends those with client-centered, solution-focused, or trauma-focused approaches when useful. In sessions she will ask questions, offer suggestions, and provide practical information and worksheets related to the issues being discussed.

Expect work on clear goals and tracking progress. Valarie will help identify what you want to change, break those goals into steps, and check in about results. She also offers group work and has experience with couples and individual counseling from past roles.

People who contact her typically want concrete tools to manage anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, codependent patterns, or relationship conflicts. She aims to help people notice patterns, practice new skills, and reduce symptoms so daily life feels more manageable.

How her approaches work in online sessions