Vicki Zeitner , LPC

Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. She draws on a broad clinical background to help clients improve communication, find better work-life balance, manage difficult moods, and develop clearer self-understanding. Vicki combines active listening with practical guidance, whether a client needs help weighing an important decision or simply wants someone to listen deeply.

Her professional history includes work in community mental health agencies, outpatient counseling centers, and inpatient treatment programs, and she spent nearly 15 years in academia which gives her particular familiarity with university life. Vicki’s life experience spans more than six decades and includes time living on both the east and west coasts as well as in urban and rural communities, contributing to a nuanced awareness of diverse cultural settings.

Therapeutically she adapts to the needs of each person. She often uses solution-focused techniques and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for anxiety and depression, and she emphasizes how self-talk and early relational patterns shape thoughts and behavior. Vicki’s style is casual, conversational, accepting, and curious; she helps clients clarify values and strengths, offers alternatives, and supports applying learning between sessions. She does not treat active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders, or self-harm.

Vicki welcomes diversity and believes everyone deserves dignity. She looks for clients who are willing to reflect, tolerate discomfort, and do the work outside of sessions. With the many changes people face today, she aims to provide an attentive presence that helps clients regain perspective, solve problems, and feel understood.