Valerie Wolfinger, LPCC

Valerie Wolfinger, LPCC, helps people navigate midlife transitions and other major life stresses. She listens for what matters most and works to replace old beliefs that no longer fit. Her style is direct and warm, with room for humor when it helps. Valerie aims to help people notice practical changes and try new ways of coping right away.

She believes many struggles come from carrying rules and thoughts that made sense in the past. In sessions she uses client-centered listening and solution-focused steps to help people test new ideas. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify thinking patterns and try alternatives. Valerie also draws on mindfulness to help with grounding and emotional regulation.

Valerie has about 15 years of clinical experience and holds an Ohio LPCC, which means she practices as a licensed professional clinical counselor. She completed a bachelor's degree in Health and Human Services with a family studies focus, and earned a master’s degree from the University of Dayton, graduating Magnum Cum Laude.

Her work has included postnatal and fertility-related concerns, depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, relationship challenges, and substance use. She often addresses attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, blended family questions, and chronic illness stress. Valerie describes a practical, straight-forward approach that moves quickly toward workable solutions.

Outside of work she spends time with her four children, reads, watches streaming shows, and likes to cook. If a simpler, action-oriented path feels right, she encourages people to explore that approach together.

How Valerie’s Approaches Can Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's goals. The therapist reflects what she hears and follows the client's pace, which helps people feel seen and make their own choices.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses simple experiments and practical exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and build different behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

Mindfulness therapy teaches short practices to notice thoughts and sensations without judgment. Those skills support emotional regulation and can reduce reactivity during stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and life. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific online formats are not listed in this profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow quieter check-ins during a workday, or offer shorter conversations when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote work so progress continues between meetings.