About Vanessa
Vanessa Statam is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on worry, low mood, relationship concerns, and issues that follow trauma and abuse. Vanessa aims to make the first step feel less overwhelming and to support practical change one step at a time.
She keeps sessions straightforward and warm. Conversations focus on what matters now - symptoms, patterns, and small shifts that build relief.
Background and approach
She encourages honest talk about fears, self-worth, and day-to-day challenges so people can try out new ways of coping. Vanessa combines client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. That means she listens closely, then collaborates on clearer thinking and behavior experiments to reduce anxiety and lift mood.
She also draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning and direction when life feels uncertain. For people carrying trauma, she can use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to address painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. For relationship strain, she uses principles from the Gottman Method to improve communication and reduce repeating conflicts.
Vanessa has seven years of experience and holds a Wisconsin LCSW, which is her license to practice as a clinical social worker. She works with English-speaking clients and accepts people from outside the United States for online sessions. Sessions aim to be practical, respectful, and focused on real-world changes.
How Vanessa's Approaches Work Online
Vanessa uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy means she listens closely and follows what matters most to the person, offering support and reflection rather than directive teaching. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also brings eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for people who have distressing memories from trauma. EMDR involves structured processing of memories to lessen their emotional intensity and reduce symptoms tied to past events. These approaches are chosen based on the issue at hand and what the person prefers.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Vanessa will discuss options and try methods that match goals and comfort levels. Clients and therapist adjust the plan together as progress and needs become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video lets people use visual cues while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when typing out thoughts feels easier. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to add into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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