Valerie Pacheco

Valerie Pacheco is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California with 12 years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. Her work includes support around life purpose and coping with major changes.

Her approach centers on straightforward conversation and practical tools. Valerie uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and respond to what matters most to each person. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and test different ways of responding. Mindfulness techniques are used to ground people in the moment and reduce anxiety symptoms.

Motivational Interviewing is part of how she helps people find reasons to change and keep moving forward when motivation flags. Narrative Therapy offers a way to reframe personal stories that feel stuck or limiting. Together these methods are used to address specific issues like panic attacks, postpartum depression, workplace stress, and multicultural concerns.

Sessions focus on clear goals and small, practical steps rather than vague promises. Valerie encourages short experiments between meetings so people can see what works for them. She supports people through fertility and pregnancy-related distress, immigration stress, infidelity recovery, and money and financial worries while keeping conversations direct and grounded.

People who are unsure what comes next often start by naming one concrete worry. Valerie helps break that worry into manageable parts and plans a next step to try before the next session.

How Valerie uses approaches in online sessions

Valerie commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working online. Client-Centered Therapy means she listens closely and follows what the person brings up, helping them sort through concerns about meaning, purpose, or relationships. CBT involves noticing unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavioral changes, and measuring what shifts as a result; it is useful for panic, anxiety, and workplace stress.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach brief attention practices that reduce reactivity and bring focus back to the present. These practices can help with rumination, panic symptoms, and maintaining steady attention during big life changes. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences rather than applying a single technique without discussion.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the current online session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work or family obligations, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Valerie frames sessions around clear goals and small experiments so online work can be practical and easily integrated into everyday life.