Valerie Holcomb , LPC

Valerie Holcomb is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 18 years of clinical experience. She has supported people facing a broad spectrum of challenges, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting difficulties, career stress, OCD, and ADHD. Her work spans adults, adolescents, couples, and families in both individual and group formats.

Her clinical background includes time in inpatient hospitals, substance use disorder treatment programs both inpatient and outpatient, community mental health clinics, school settings, wilderness challenge camps, and correctional facilities. This variety of settings has informed a flexible, practical approach to care and an ability to adapt interventions to different life circumstances and levels of readiness for change.

Outside clinical practice, she devotes significant time to community and veteran-focused work, including group and individual counseling for veterans and participation in PTSD awareness and mental health advocacy efforts with organizations such as NAMI and local behavioral health advisory groups. Her counseling style is warm, interactive, and laid back, emphasizing respect, sensitivity, and compassion without stigmatizing labels. She draws from cognitive-behavioral methods, dialectical behavior strategies, humanistic and client-centered principles, mindfulness, and cognitive processing techniques to tailor treatment to each person’s needs and goals. Valerie emphasizes building a strong therapeutic alliance and pacing work toward client independence while helping clients recognize and reach their potential.

Valerie holds licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas - TX LPC 62386.

Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches with Online Care

Valerie draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) techniques are used to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for clients who experience strong emotions or relationship challenges. Attachment-based therapy explores how early relational patterns influence current relationships and emotional responses, supporting healing in couples, families, and individuals working through abandonment, attachment concerns, or intimacy issues.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Valerie works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and life context, then tailors interventions and adjusts strategies over time so the treatment fits the client rather than forcing a single model.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity across life transitions, and receive support from wherever a client is located. Licensed professionals can adapt these modalities to deliver structured, skill-based work or more open-ended, client-centered conversations depending on what will help most.