Valerie Farrell, LCSW

Valerie Farrell is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of practice in New York. She brings steady, direct care to people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and trauma. Her approach aims to help people find direction when life feels disorienting or overwhelming.

Valerie frames therapy as a practical partnership. She listens for how early relationships and life events affect current choices and feelings. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, building coping skills, and mapping steps toward change.

Her background includes a long history of working with substance use, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, and grief and loss. She also addresses challenges that often accompany health conditions, caregiving, and aging. Valerie notes concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, dissociation, and codependency among the areas she addresses.

Clinically, she draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. In session that can mean slowing down to notice body sensations, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and setting small achievable goals.

Valerie describes therapy as tailored to each person. She works to create a clear plan and steady steps so people can build emotional resilience. To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability.

Her credential is LCSW, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York. Sessions are conducted in English and she does not accept international clients.

How Valerie’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviors. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more dependable.

Client-centered therapy centers the person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s pace, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own answers rather than imposing solutions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and actions. It teaches simple tools to change thinking patterns and build different habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels effective. That conversation guides which methods are used and how sessions are structured in an ongoing, collaborative way.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist to learn which session options are offered and how they can be scheduled to match your routine.