About Valerie
Valerie Marsh is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 23 years of experience supporting people through hard moments. She helps clients recognize strengths and build skills that make day-to-day life more manageable.
Background and approach
Valerie writes in plain terms and focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s situation. Valerie centers her work on helping people move past stuck patterns.
She uses approaches that look at how attachment and relationships shape feelings and behavior. She also uses cognitive-behavioral ideas and mindfulness to help people change unhelpful thoughts and manage intense emotions.
Sessions are straightforward and goal-focused. Valerie talks through current problems, teaches coping skills, and practices new ways of communicating and relating.
She emphasizes small, steady changes that add up over time rather than quick fixes. People bring many concerns to her work: stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction, and life transitions.
She also supports those facing parenting challenges, career shifts, eating concerns, ADHD, mood disorders, and problems tied to attachment, commitment, or trust. Valerie blends practical tools with a calm, respectful manner.
She helps people set realistic goals and tracks progress together. Her practice is based in Minnesota and sessions happen in conversational, usable ways that aim to fit into busy lives.
Therapeutic approaches offered online and how they help
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current behavior and feelings. Online sessions using this approach help people notice attachment responses, learn new ways to connect, and reduce fear or avoidance in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and meeting the client where they are. In remote sessions this translates into a nonjudgmental space where the therapist reflects concerns and supports clients as they identify their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice upsetting thoughts and test them against real-world evidence. Practiced over video or phone, CBT provides concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, and mood problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining techniques or adjusting focus as progress is made, and the client helps steer those decisions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and feedback. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging support shorter updates, coaching between sessions, or a written way to reflect on progress. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Iowa
- Languages
- English