Valerie Sewell

I'm Valerie Sewell, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) who works with individuals managing stress, burnout, and the ongoing demands of work, family, caregiving, and everyday life. Many of the people I work with are balancing multiple responsibilities and are looking for practical ways to feel more in control and less overwhelmed.

I am also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), which brings an additional behavioral lens to my work as a counselor. While our work together is focused on counseling, my behavioral background helps me recognize patterns, understand what may be contributing to them, and develop practical strategies for meaningful change.

I am fairly straightforward in how I work and believe therapy should be useful in your everyday life. You do not have to have everything figured out before coming to therapy. I will meet you where you are, and we will take things one step at a time.

My approach is direct but warm — I'm not going to sit back and just take notes. I'll ask real questions, help you connect what's happening inside to what's playing out in your life, and offer concrete tools you can use outside of sessions. I draw on cognitive-behavioral approaches, stress and emotion regulation strategies, and the behavioral insight from my ABA background. I don't believe in making therapy feel endless. My goal is to give you skills that actually work so that eventually you're running your own life well — with or without me. That said, I also know healing has its own pace, and I'll always follow yours.

The first session is a real conversation — not a checklist. I'll ask about what brought you here, what's been weighing on you, and what you actually want to be different in your life. You don't have to have it all figured out before we start. By the end of that first meeting, you'll have a clear sense of how I work and what we might focus on together. I see long-term clients as well as people working through a specific season of life. Either way, we'll figure out together what kind of support actually fits where you are.