Valerie Wolfinger, LPCC

Valerie Wolfinger is an Ohio LPCC with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addiction, grief, trauma, and codependency. Valerie describes her aim as helping people notice beliefs and habits that no longer serve them so they can make clearer choices in the present.

She favors a direct, down-to-earth style in sessions. She uses questions that challenge thinking errors, offers practical strategies, and sometimes brings humor into the work. Valerie combines person-centered methods with approaches that focus on problem solving and changing unhelpful thinking patterns.

Clients can expect conversations that move toward concrete change. Valerie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift thinking errors. She also uses solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals and build small wins that add up over time.

Mindfulness practices are offered to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing is used when people are weighing changes related to substance use or other difficult habits. These tools are blended with a humanistic emphasis on each person’s strengths and values.

Valerie has worked with a wide range of concerns including postpartum and fertility-related issues, PTSD, family problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and kink-friendly sexuality topics. Outside of work she is a parent who enjoys reading, cooking, and TV. Her training includes a master’s degree from the University of Dayton and a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University.

How Valerie’s approaches fit into online work