Dr. Velvalee Reid - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

40 years experience

About Dr. Velvalee Reid

I am licensed in California with 40 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma, & abuse. I also have experience working with parenting issues. Abandonment issues when parents are abandoned by adult children. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

Licenses

LMFT

23143

Professional experience

Anger management
Coaching
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Sleeping disorders
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Clinical Approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Gottman Method
Hypnotherapy
Internal Family Systems
Mindfulness Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Solution-Focused Therapy
Systemic Therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

English

1 Review

“Dr. Reid has helped me in my relationship immensely. With her being my first experience with therapy I couldn't have seen it going any better. She seems to have more than enough knowledge and experience to help with issues a couple may experience.”

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