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Valerie Bryan

TX LPC 9269
Credentials
TX LPC 9269
NPI Number
1720196132
Location
Texas
Languages
English
Valerie Bryan
38 years experience

About Valerie Bryan

I have been counseling in the mental health field for 37 years. I utilize my training as a registered art therapist to put creativity (both my own, and my client’s) to work in problem solving and gaining different perspectives on the unique difficulties he or she may be dealing with . Depression, anxiety, feeling unloved or unappreciated, feelings of anger, resentment, guilt, sorrow..,,,poor coping skills as a result of unacknowledged trauma…all these things and many more can be healed. I strive for my clients to gain hope and optimism during the first session. My approach is warm and humanistic; I use humor and compassion freely, and have come to believe that both of these qualities are essential for personal growth, healing and resilience. I am influenced by Jungian theory, as well as Native American spirituality. Both of these life outlooks consider balance, respect of differences, and gratitude as important to a happy life. In addition, neither of these traditions shy away from facing the darker sides of our personalities, recognizing that denial only keeps a person stuck, ……..while allowing the light of awareness to illuminate our dark sides can bring the reward of greater self-knowledge, personal growth and authentic living.
I may ask you to have markers and paper nearby at times, to help symbolize a problem or relationship, express feelings, or create a ‘map’ of a situation or problem. Please embrace this idea with an open mind, as no talent whatsoever is required to make marks on paper. I look forward to assisting you on your path of loving yourself and others more, releasing pain, seeing more reasons for laughter and gratitude, and healing old wounds whose time has come to be healed.

Licenses

LPC
9269

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Coaching
  • Compassion fatigue
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Blended family issues
  • Body image
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Codependency
  • Communication problems
  • Control issues
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce and separation
  • Emptiness
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • Infidelity
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Jealousy
  • Life purpose
  • Midlife crisis
  • Mood disorders
  • Multicultural concerns
  • Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
  • Personality disorders
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Postpartum depression
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Self-love
  • Sexual assault and abuse
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Somatization
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Valerie has the perfect demeanor to be a sounding board and to give advice. She has a gift for listening, then assimilating our conversation (my rambling) into useful feedback. In just a few sessions, I can see what I need to do and she’ll help.”

“Valerie is perfect for me! She not only listens, she's a great storyteller. She's able to take what I say and make correlations to other areas of life to help me feel grounded.”

“Valerie is the best therapist I’ve ever had. She gave me such good tools to use for my personal life and gave me other creative ways to express myself. I cannot say enough good things about her. She’s absolutely amazing.”

“Valerie is a wonderful therapist! I always feel better about my problems after talking to her.”

“I feel as though she has become a confident and friend. I greatly value her insights. Iy has been very helpful for me to have discussions with her.”

“Good listening, and on time and offers up ways to change perspective as well as suggests tools that mesh with where I am and my lifestyle.”

“I was nervous at first about how this would work. I found her very easy to talk to and discussing with her the next steps in process.”

“Valerie, is very kind. Her support and encouragement to understand and wrap my arms around my emotions has been valuable. <br /> <br /> I look forward to our future interaction.”

“Very genuine and empathetic. She tailors her responses to what you need as an individual which makes you feel seen and understood”

“She is a kind, caring individual who listens and offers thoughts in a gentle way. She is very relatable. Knows her stuff. I would highly recommend.”

“Valerie’s patience, experience and knowledge and her empathy greatly contribute to her ability to be objective has greatly aided me to change trajectories and to problem solve on my own more an d more. I can now catch myself before I default to ineffective thought processes and or communication.”

“Valerie is a kind, empathetic and skilled professional. Very pleased with our interactions.”

“Amazing at giving advice and explains things to me about my self that even I didn't understand.”

“She’s a great listener and her life experience shines in a reassuring way.”

“I love Dr. Bryan. I always enjoy our meetings. Sometimes we get deep sometimes we just have light conversing. She has great ideas for therapy and mind opening. I believe she's very effective at helping me move forward with good suggestions for focusing and seeing the places where I could use assistance. I am glad that I matched with her.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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