About Frederick
Frederick Vickery is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. He draws on a range of approaches to support clients dealing with trauma, addiction, body image and self-esteem concerns, and major life transitions. Frederick works from Minnesota and communicates in English.
He takes a straightforward, person-centered approach in sessions. Frederick listens first to understand where someone is stuck, then uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help change unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
He also brings strategies from dialectical behavior therapy for emotional regulation and from attachment-based work when relationship patterns are central. Frederick has six years of clinical experience and holds LPC and LPCC credentials for practice in Wisconsin and Minnesota respectively.
Before moving to the Twin Cities area he worked in experiential education and activity therapy, including group work with adolescents and wilderness-based programming. That early work shapes a hands-on, goal-focused style today. In sessions he aims to help people notice what matters to them and build skills to act on those values.
Plans are practical and tailored to everyday life, with concrete steps and homework when that fits the client. Frederick also supports people facing chronic pain, caregiver stress, and complex, co-occurring issues. Outside of practice he enjoys paddling, camping, and family time.
He brings a calm, steady presence to the work and focuses on helping people move from feeling overwhelmed toward clearer choices and more meaningful engagement in life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small action steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaving that keep problems going and teaches practical strategies to change them; this approach helps with depression, anxiety, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people notice and change interaction habits that cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Frederick will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and combine methods as needed. This collaborative process helps decide whether ACT, CBT, attachment work, or a blend will fit best for the concerns presented.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing skill practice, and a way to stay connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping treatment consistent and focused.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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