About Veronica
Veronica Speikes is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She uses straightforward, practical conversation to help clients feel heard and more in control. Veronica aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
With five years of clinical experience, she supports people facing relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. She also helps with life changes, caregiver stress, and problems with communication.
Background and approach
Veronica assists clients dealing with mood concerns, post-traumatic stress, and feelings of isolation or shame. Her sessions tend to be collaborative and goal oriented. She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and acting. Veronica also uses skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Solution-Focused and Motivational Interviewing tools help people set practical steps and stay engaged with change.
These approaches are mixed to match what each person needs. She holds licenses in Texas and Michigan: LCSW and LMSW. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Veronica encourages small steps and steady progress when tackling anxiety and related concerns.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's concerns. The therapist reflects what is said and helps the client set priorities, which works well for issues like anxiety and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and then tests new ways of thinking and behaving. It is useful for managing stress, mood concerns, and anxiety by teaching practical exercises and short homework tasks.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete coping skills for emotions and distress. It teaches emotion regulation, mindfulness, and strategies to tolerate strong feelings without acting on them, which is helpful after trauma or during relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, life context, and preferences, and then tailor methods so they fit. This is a collaborative process where plans can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain momentum with brief contacts, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for practical reasons like travel, work breaks, or not needing to be on camera.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Texas
- Languages
- English
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