About Vicki
Vicki Neal is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) in Ohio who helps people coping with stress and anxiety. She presents a calm, warm approach and focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. She listens first and helps each person figure out what matters most to them.
Sessions are collaborative - goals are set together and adjusted as needed. Vicki uses straightforward tools to reduce worry, manage mood, and handle life changes.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several well-known approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She blends these so people can build new habits and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices and talking through values also appear in sessions when useful.
Vicki has four years of professional experience as an LISW and has supported people with grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with career stress, anger, self-esteem, and issues related to aging and caregiving. Sessions are available in English and offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time and scheduling is arranged based on therapist availability.
How these approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take actions aligned with those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and major life changes because it emphasizes committed action over simply trying to control difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and managing strong emotions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room, using empathy and full listening to help people find their own solutions and build confidence.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that suit their life. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted based on what proves most helpful for the individual's needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video helps recreate face-to-face conversation, phone can be lower bandwidth, live chat and messaging work for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options let people fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while using the therapeutic approaches above in a practical way.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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