About Vanessa
Vanessa Broughton is a licensed professional counselor - mental health (LPC-MH) who works with people dealing with stress and anxiety. She draws on several practical therapy methods to help clients handle depression, anger, self-esteem struggles, and life changes. Vanessa focuses on clear steps people can use day to day.
She practices in Delaware and brings eight years of clinical experience to her work. Vanessa often helps clients manage workplace strain, career decisions, and the pressures of caregiving.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing grief, addictions, postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, and young adult transitions. Her work includes helping clients with ADHD, bipolar concerns, and building self-love after hard times. Her sessions emphasize collaboration and practical skills.
Vanessa uses approaches that encourage present-moment choices, examine unhelpful thinking patterns, and strengthen emotional awareness. She helps people set goals, practice new behaviors, and track small changes that matter most to daily life. Vanessa pays attention to communication patterns and family of origin issues that can shape current struggles.
She offers coaching-style support when people want clearer direction around life purpose or workplace challenges. Her aim is to help clients discover realistic strategies they can use between sessions. People meet with Vanessa through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions are arranged using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
Therapy approaches and online care that fit your life
Vanessa commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action toward personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Vanessa will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and choose techniques together. That collaborative process means methods can be adjusted as progress is made and new challenges appear.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are useful for full face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when a person prefers written communication. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Delaware
- Languages
- English
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