Verna Tickle

Verna Tickle is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, self-esteem concerns, and questions about life purpose. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, focused on helping people notice what matters and take small steps forward.

Verna listens with attention and works collaboratively. She uses clear tools and simple techniques to address day-to-day problems like communication breakdowns, codependency, and difficulty setting boundaries. Sessions often include goal-setting and concrete strategies to manage anxiety, addictive behaviors, or the fallout from separation and divorce.

Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused methods. That means sessions may include looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, trying short mindfulness exercises, and planning small experiments to test new ways of relating and behaving. Verna also uses strengths-based ideas to help people notice what already works for them.

Clients who feel isolated, ashamed, or uncertain about commitment and control issues may find the sessions practical and direct. She also supports people processing guilt, forgiveness, and recovery from drug or alcohol addiction, using approaches that emphasize concrete steps and measurable change.

Verna works in English and practices within Washington. People who are exploring life purpose or feeling stuck after a major change can expect focused conversations, clear tools, and a steady collaborator while they sort priorities and next steps.

How Verna applies evidence-based methods in online sessions

Verna uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to help people notice and test thoughts that keep them stuck. That work often involves identifying patterns, trying small behavioral experiments, and tracking what changes over time.

She also incorporates brief mindfulness practices to help with anxiety and impulsive reactions. These are simple attention exercises that can reduce reactivity and make it easier to choose a different response in difficult moments.

Solution-focused techniques are used to set clear, short-term goals and build on what already works. Sessions may include concrete steps and homework designed to create measurable progress toward a client’s priorities.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Verna collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as things change.

The profile does not specify which online session formats she uses, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also allow work around quiet scheduling, reduced screen time when preferred, and easier access when managing symptoms like social anxiety.