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Valerie Bryan, LPC

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Valerie is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

5.0 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Valerie. View 45 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Texas

Recent reviews

She is very understanding and listen really well and helps me with solving my issues.

Reviewed December 2024

I've only had one session with Valarie, but it was great. She has enough experience to make me feel comfortable with her input. I'm feeling very hopeful she can help me with some of my issues!

Reviewed December 2024

More about Valerie

  • 37 years' experience
  • Female
  • LPC

I have been counseling in the mental health field for 37 years. I utilize my training as a registered art therapist to put creativity (both my own, and my client's) to work in problem solving and gaining different perspectives on the unique difficulties he or she may be dealing with . Depression, anxiety, feeling unloved or unappreciated, feelings of anger, resentment, guilt, sorrow..,,,poor coping skills as a result of unacknowledged trauma…all these things and many more can be healed. I strive for my clients to gain hope and optimism during the first session. My approach is warm and humanistic; I use humor and compassion freely, and have come to believe that both of these qualities are essential for personal growth, healing and resilience. I am influenced by Jungian theory, as well as Native American spirituality. Both of these life outlooks consider balance, respect of differences, and gratitude as important to a happy life. In addition, neither of these traditions shy away from facing the darker sides of our personalities, recognizing that denial only keeps a person stuck, ……..while allowing the light of awareness to illuminate our dark sides can bring the reward of greater self-knowledge, personal growth and authentic living.

I may ask you to have markers and paper nearby at times, to help symbolize a problem or relationship, express feelings, or create a 'map' of a situation or problem. Please embrace this idea with an open mind, as no talent whatsoever is required to make marks on paper. I look forward to assisting you on your path of loving yourself and others more, releasing pain, seeing more reasons for laughter and gratitude, and healing old wounds whose time has come to be healed.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Addictions LGBT Family conflicts Grief Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Parenting issues Anger management Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Coaching Compassion fatigue Abandonment Aging and geriatric issues Blended family issues Caregiver issues and stress Codependency Control issues Dissociation Emptiness Family of origin issues Fatherhood issues Forgiveness Guilt and shame Infidelity Jealousy Life purpose Midlife crisis Mood disorders Multicultural concerns Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Personality disorders Postpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Self-love Sexual assault and abuse Women's issues Workplace issues Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems

Licenses

Valerie Bryan's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720196132.

  • LPC · Texas · 9269 · Expires September 2026

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Valerie Bryan

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

5.0

45 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Easy Helped Easy to talk Comfortable Recommend Understanding Thank you Amazing Healing

She is very understanding and listen really well and helps me with solving my issues.

Reviewed December 2024

I've only had one session with Valarie, but it was great. She has enough experience to make me feel comfortable with her input. I'm feeling very hopeful she can help me with some of my issues!

Reviewed December 2024

Valerie is great! Very insightful and knowledgeable, she really understands people and the way we are interconnected by our emotions. Highly recommend!!

Reviewed November 2024

So far, my experience with Valerie has been nothing short of amazing. She is compassionate, understanding, funny, and best of all - knowledgeable. I love that she can incorporate her own life stories into our sessions and makes me feel heard while giving me actionable items to work on myself and my struggles. I recommend her to anyone looking for a little light, a lot of experience, and patience. Thank you, Valerie!

Reviewed November 2024

Valerie provides a safe place to process what I’m thinking and feeling. I’ve found our time together to be incredibly healing after having gone through several other therapist. She’s warm, compassionate and empathetic. I’m incredibly grateful for her.

Reviewed November 2024

Valerie makes me feel better every time after our sessions. She helps me to not be so hard on myself and that I am human. She is great at suggesting ways of relieving my depression and anxiety.

Reviewed September 2024

Have had a positive experience and it has helped me

Reviewed September 2024

She excels at reflecting back to show she understands.

Reviewed September 2024

She’s doing a great job at helping me identify my triggers and build coping mechanisms to help from negative emotions escalating

Reviewed August 2024

She is easy to talk to, and makes me feel comfortable to share my thoughts, experiences, feelings and anything I’m struggling with.

Reviewed July 2024

Very content!

Reviewed June 2024

Valerie leads with love, honesty and connection. I appreciate her help so much

Reviewed May 2024

Valerie made me feel okay for not at fault for some really hard things in my life. She reassured me and gave me some new ways to look at these situations so I could cope with them. She’s always such a great listener and always made me feel capable, not weak or sick. Thank you for believing in me.

Reviewed May 2024

Valerie is very professional and listens to me and I appreciate her efforts to help.

Reviewed May 2024

She has helped me get through some stuff that has been causing me a lot of problems anxiety and depression for many years. I’m so glad I found her on here. Most of all she is so easy to talk to and she gives me ideas and work sheets that helps me a lot

Reviewed May 2024

She is pretty empathetic and kind.

Reviewed April 2024

Valerie and I had instant rapport and I felt she was just as excited to meet me as I was her. She was able to quickly put me at ease and deeply listen to me. I felt deeply understood. Her approach is genuine and personally tailored to me. Nothing she says feels “canned” or like “text book” responses.

Reviewed March 2024

I have enjoyed my therapy sessions with Valerie. She is extremely patient and helps to bring fresh perspective to my issues at hand. I am looking forward to each session knowing I'll gain new insight, awareness, and esteem to implement ideas and strategies that will improve my life.

Reviewed March 2024

Valerie is very easy to talk to and approaches topics with a lightness and compassion that makes it a safe space.

Reviewed March 2024

Very thankful for Valerie. I believe she truly cares and gives the best advice possible given the situation. She’s been a huge help!

Reviewed March 2024

Valerie is very friendly and knowledgeable!

Reviewed January 2024

Valerie is such a kind and compassionate person who listens well and offers amazing perspectives on why and how things have happened in my life, I have been blessed to have been connected with Valerie who helped me put my past to bed once and for all. I feel stronger and my past no longer haunts me and that is a fabulous feeling. I would highly recommend Valerie to anyone who is dealing with issues they can't deal with alone. Thank you so much Valerie!!!

Reviewed January 2024

Valerie is very kind. She understood and validated my emotions so that I felt seen and less alone. I was really struggling when I started working with her and she helped me see things from a different perspective in a matter of one session, which got me out of my funk. I am eternally grateful to her for giving me a new lens to look through and other tools to support my mental health.

Reviewed January 2024

I was so excited when I found Valerie Bryan on Betterhelp, as she has the knowledge and training in the types of therapy I am most comfortable with, and then some. I feel that I can talk to her about things that matter the most to me, but that are not easily understood. In only two sessions so far, she has already helped me break through some mental limitations I have had by encouraging me to try things that I feared doing. She is professional yet down to earth and very personable. As I told her, "when the student is ready, the teacher appears." She is exactly what I need at this moment in my life. Thank you Valerie for appearing in my life! And to think, you live so close to me, also!

Reviewed December 2023

Valerie has supported me and been extremely helpful with a recent trauma situation that I am going through. She is very supportive and kind and doesn’t mince her words. I appreciate the ability to do messaging therapy also!

Reviewed November 2023

She is a very nice and understanding person. I dont feel as though Im being judged when I talk with her

Reviewed September 2023

Valerie has been incredibly easy to talk to. She's so patient, friendly, understanding, and relatable. I'm so glad to have gotten matched with her!

Reviewed July 2023

She’s amazing down to earth and caring

Reviewed June 2023

Great therapist, always in a good mood. Listens to my concerns no matter how insignificant they may be.

Reviewed May 2023

Valerie is a wonderful therapist. She is patient, empathetic, kind, and helpful. I feel like she listened to and understood my situation and was ready to offer a variety of techniques to support my journey.

Reviewed April 2023

She’s great!

Reviewed January 2023

I really enjoy our sessions. She’s a great listener and helps me talk through issues I might be going through.

Reviewed November 2022

Valerie is always professional, timely, friendly, nonjudgmental, and respectful. She is open to listening to what is important to me, and helps me work things out in my head. She brings in new insights, and my counseling sessions moves in the direction to fit my needs. I would recommend Valerie as a counselor without reservation.

Reviewed November 2022

She is a wonderful and friendly therapist. I highly recommend her.

Reviewed September 2022

I’ve really enjoyed my first couple visits with Valerie. It was my first time ever being “matched” to a therapist and I really feel safe and comfortable talking to her.

Reviewed September 2022

She is the best therapist I've ever had or have talked to. She tries to understand and does her best to figure out ways to improve you

Reviewed August 2022

Valerie is such a wonderful therapist!!! I immediately connected and felt that I could confide in her within the first session. I have struggled with finding a therapist that I felt comfortable with and had pretty much given up. I am so glad that I signed up with BetterHelp and was connected with someone that aligns in so many aspects. I always look forward to our sessions and trust that she will help me get through my issues. Thank you Valerie for your guidance and help!

Reviewed July 2022

Although I am early in my therapy journey, my interactions with Ms. Bryan have been personal, insightful, and helpful to me. She listens, recognizes what I need, and helps me develop the tools necessary to work on things. I feel confident my experience with Ms. Bryan and Betterhelp with propel me toward the growth I seek.

Reviewed July 2022

She has a fabulous sense of humor and is very easy to talk to. She’s judgement free and has enough experience to read between the lines which helps a lot.

Reviewed June 2022

Very engaged and caring. My time with Valerie always feels productive, and I deeply appreciate her thoughtful insights.

Reviewed June 2022

The way she understands me and helps me cope in different ways, helps me understand better of how I need to go with things. Very very understanding, I’ve made progress and I couldn’t be doing it without my amazing therapist

Reviewed May 2022

She’s awesome!

Reviewed April 2022

Valerie has been wonderful. she is very intuitive and seems to really get me and what my struggles are. She is full of great tools for me to use between therapy sessions that help me cope with difficult situations.

Reviewed March 2022

I absolutely loved my time with Valerie. I feel as thought I’ve worked through all the things I needed to when I started this healing journey with her. I will be using her again if I ever feel I need to start therapy again. She always was very easy to talk to and guided without being pushy in any way. I appreciate her patience and wisdom that has helped me so much on my healing journey from PPD and family issues.

Reviewed March 2022

From our first session I already had a great feeling sharing things about my life with Valerie. She makes me feel heard and empowers me to feel like I can reach my personal goals! I’m so happy I was matched right off the bat and didn’t have to go through several people to find who works well with me. I look forward to our weekly sessions and feel that I’ve found the person who I’ll be able to stick with through my healing journey!

Reviewed December 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Does Valerie Bryan offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Valerie Bryan works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Valerie Bryan speak?

Valerie Bryan speaks English.

How many years of experience does Valerie Bryan have?

Valerie Bryan has 37 years of experience.

Where is Valerie Bryan licensed to practice?

Valerie Bryan is licensed to practice in Texas.

Does Valerie Bryan accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Valerie Bryan does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Valerie Bryan offer?

Valerie Bryan offers clients Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.

How can I communicate with Valerie Bryan?

Valerie Bryan can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Valerie Bryan?

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