Valerie Farrell

Valerie Farrell is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience in New York. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, and end-of-life issues. Valerie uses a straightforward, person-focused style to guide clients toward clearer choices and steadier emotions. She aims to make the first step feel manageable for people under strain.

Valerie draws from several therapeutic ways of working to match each person’s needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current bonds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness practices are used to slow down and build calm in the moment.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Valerie will listen first, then co-create goals and short-term steps you can try between sessions. She pays attention to physical reactions in the body as well as thoughts and feelings. This can be helpful for people dealing with grief, chronic illness, or the stress of caregiving.

Her background includes long experience working with substance use, trauma, chronic health problems, and problems tied to aging and caregiving. Valerie also supports people facing cancer, body-image struggles, and complex losses. Her approach aims to build emotional resilience while keeping work grounded in everyday life.

Valerie holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW. She works in New York and conducts therapy in English. If you are thinking about counseling, she asks people to start by completing a short matching questionnaire to find the best fit.

How Valerie’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Valerie commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people notice how they connect and respond to others, which can be useful when grief or loss affects relationships. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, which can make progress easy to track.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help you test what fits best for your needs, goals, and preferences. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan as you go.

Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as taking a shorter check-in during a work break or avoiding travel time for appointments. It also allows therapists to offer mindfulness exercises, CBT worksheets, and reflective conversations that people can use between sessions. Licensed professionals often use these methods to help clients maintain steady progress while managing daily responsibilities.