She is very understanding and listen really well and helps me with solving my issues.
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
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!
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
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:
She is very understanding and listen really well and helps me with solving my issues.
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!
Valerie is great! Very insightful and knowledgeable, she really understands people and the way we are interconnected by our emotions. Highly recommend!!
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!
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.
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.
Have had a positive experience and it has helped me
She excels at reflecting back to show she understands.
She’s doing a great job at helping me identify my triggers and build coping mechanisms to help from negative emotions escalating
She is easy to talk to, and makes me feel comfortable to share my thoughts, experiences, feelings and anything I’m struggling with.
Very content!
Valerie leads with love, honesty and connection. I appreciate her help so much
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.
Valerie is very professional and listens to me and I appreciate her efforts to help.
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
She is pretty empathetic and kind.
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.
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.
Valerie is very easy to talk to and approaches topics with a lightness and compassion that makes it a safe space.
Very thankful for Valerie. I believe she truly cares and gives the best advice possible given the situation. She’s been a huge help!
Valerie is very friendly and knowledgeable!
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!!!
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.
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!
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!
She is a very nice and understanding person. I dont feel as though Im being judged when I talk with her
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!
She’s amazing down to earth and caring
Great therapist, always in a good mood. Listens to my concerns no matter how insignificant they may be.
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.
She’s great!
I really enjoy our sessions. She’s a great listener and helps me talk through issues I might be going through.
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.
She is a wonderful and friendly therapist. I highly recommend her.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
Very engaged and caring. My time with Valerie always feels productive, and I deeply appreciate her thoughtful insights.
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
She’s awesome!
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.
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.
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!
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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