About Our Counselors

Valerie is a strength-based therapist dedicated to helping individuals through their difficult struggles, hardships, or with any circumstances where they want to improve on some life goals. She aims at assisting individuals to learn how to complete their therapeutic work in a safe, calm, and authentic environment. She believes everyone needs a genuine person that will encourage, believe, and support them through all aspects of life, and to aid them to build on their strengths for personal growth.

Valerie’s specialties include Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Substance Use, PTSD, Behavioral Issues, Mood Disorders, Relationship Issues, Life Transitions, and many more. She uses an integrated approach with various techniques and strategies to include Person Centered, Solution-focused, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Narrative Approaches along with Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness. She is a client centered therapist who meets all individuals where they are at in their journey. Her work focuses on being culturally sensitive and trauma informed while taking on a collaborative approach to helping individuals reach their personal goals. She works with the following age ranges, youth, adults, older adults, as well as couples.

Valerie has many years of experience providing therapeutic services to individuals of all ages within various roles. She holds a master’s degree in social work (Clinical Studies) from New Mexico Highlands University, 2014 and bachelor’s degree in social work (Clinical Studies) from New Mexico Highlands University, 2009. In her time free time she enjoys living life spending time with her husband and son, she enjoys camping, fishing, reading, using meditation and always working on her own personal journey. She looks forward to meeting and working with you, call her for a free consult today!