Dr. Velvalee Reid
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
California therapists accepting new clients
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About Velvalee
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.
What Velvalee helps with
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- 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
How Velvalee works
- 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
What clients say
- “Dr. Reid helped me find ways to handle difficult experience. She helped me gains confidence.”
- “Her expertise has helped me by leaps and bounds. I've been able to work through a lot with her tutelage. I can't recommend her enough. ❤️”
- “Knowledgeable, strategic, caring, and patient. Dr Reid is amazing all around.”
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- “Dr Reid is a good therapist she helps me understand my emotions and help me get through the situation I’m in would highly recommend her”
- “Dr. Reid's ample experience is evident. She actively listens, validates feelings, and checks in with both partners. She asks meaningful questions, and is deeply concerned with what we want out of our sessions. There really are no words, for how crucial her help is.”
- “My therapist has been very accommodating, helpful, responsive and understanding. She has been a huge benefit to me and couldn't be more recommended.”
- “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.”
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.