Valerie Savoie, LCSW, CSW

Valerie Savoie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 28 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, grief, and life transitions. Valerie emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental approach and aims to help people feel stronger and more confident.

She creates a calm space where clients can talk through feelings and figure out what they want to change. Valerie focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship and on practical steps people can use outside sessions. She teaches skills and techniques to support steady progress and everyday coping.

Her approach is client-centered and encourages self-discovery. Valerie uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. She also draws on ideas from family systems work and self-discovery practices like the enneagram and archetypes.

Valerie has particular experience with family conflict, parenting questions, communication problems, and issues around self-esteem and motivation. She also helps people facing divorce or separation, workplace stress, feelings of isolation, and concerns such as jealousy and body image.

Her practice reflects a practical, down-to-earth style. Valerie describes life’s hard moments as chances for growth and aims to support healing and forward movement. People who prefer weekend or evening appointments may find her schedule fits their needs.

How Valerie’s approach fits into online therapy

Valerie uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as core ways to help people. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people name what matters to them. It helps with anxiety, low confidence, and decisions about life changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce worry and improve sleep or mood.

She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people notice present-moment experience and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness techniques can be useful for stress, anger, and rumination. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Valerie will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences as therapy unfolds.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know the available online formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and remove travel time. Many people find virtual sessions help them use skills in real life between meetings and keep momentum during transitions.