Valerie Jackson, LMSW, LCSW, CSW
Licensed in Michigan · 30 years in practice
Valerie Jackson is a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801077180 · expires November 2028
- LCSW, Colorado
- CSW.09932499 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1356471908 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
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About Valerie
Valerie Jackson is a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. She draws on three decades of practice to support everyday struggles like sleep trouble, eating concerns, low self-esteem, parenting strain, and career changes. Valerie treats grief, compassion fatigue, intimacy worries, and the aftereffects of abuse with steady, practical guidance.
She believes people know their own story and brings a respectful, listening approach.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable steps that fit into a busy life. Valerie uses talk, reflection, and straightforward coaching to build momentum and calm down overwhelming feelings. Her style blends gentle challenge with concrete tools.
She mixes strategies that shift unhelpful thinking with attention to emotions and relationships. That means helping someone notice patterns, practice new responses, and repair or strengthen important connections. Over 30 years she has worked with many kinds of concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, blended family adjustments, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems.
She also supports people through divorce and separation, forgiveness work, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and aging-related worries. Valerie holds a Master of Social Work degree and lists LMSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials. Her approach aims to be practical, steady, and collaborative so clients can try things between sessions and track real change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Valerie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Valerie names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Valerie’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It encourages choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep and eating difficulties, and low mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods, adapt them, and pick what fits best as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options let clients schedule sessions around work, family, and other obligations while keeping continuity of care with licensed professionals.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns are addressed here?
Valerie supports stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem concerns. She also works on eating or sleeping problems, parenting and career stress, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her approach is warm and collaborative with a focus on practical steps. Sessions combine listening with clear tools you can use between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She brings 30 years of professional experience helping people with emotional and relational challenges. That experience includes work with compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, and blended family issues.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds a Master of Social Work and lists MI LMSW and CO LCSW along with CSW credentials, and practices in Michigan.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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