About Verna
Verna Tickle is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Washington who helps people handling stress and anxiety. She brings 20 years of experience to conversations about addictions, relationships, family concerns, and self-esteem. Verna aims to offer steady support and practical steps so people feel clearer and more able to act on what matters.
Her style is calm and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps clients pick small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what works for each person rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Verna uses everyday language and concrete tools so ideas can be tried between meetings. She works with adults facing life transitions, grief, and feeling stuck.
Common topics include codependency, communication problems, commitment issues, and coping with divorce or separation. Verna also supports people dealing with drug and alcohol addiction, social anxiety, and issues around guilt, shame, and isolation. Her approach mixes evidence-based techniques like cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and solution-focused work.
She adapts these methods to a person’s goals and pace, balancing skill-building with reflective conversation. The focus is on moving toward clearer priorities and improved day-to-day functioning. Verna values collaboration.
She sees clients as partners in the work and emphasizes practical tools, emotional understanding, and steady feedback. Her aim is to help people build confidence, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with a sense of purpose.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Verna uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. This approach is often useful for anxiety, social fears, and breaking patterns tied to stress. She also draws on mindfulness practices to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with rumination and emotional overwhelm.She pairs those methods with solution-focused conversations that aim at clear, short-term goals and practical steps. Together these approaches let a person try small changes, notice what works, and adjust as needed. Verna approaches treatment as a collaboration and will help clients pick the techniques that fit their needs, goals, and preferences.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, homework planning, and ongoing encouragement between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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