About Vicki
Vicki Bauer is a licensed mental health counselor with over three decades of experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles so parents and individuals can manage stress and get through hard days. Vicki helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, anger, grief, sleep problems, and the ups and downs of parenting.
She also supports those facing work stress, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and impulse control concerns. ADHD is listed among her areas of focus when attention and organization are challenges.
Background and approach
Her style is straightforward and warm. Sessions aim to be useful from the first meeting, with clear goals and simple steps people can try between visits. She blends client-centered conversations with strategies that teach new skills and change unhelpful habits.
In practice she uses ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot and shift thinking patterns. She also uses mindfulness techniques to calm intense feelings and solution-focused methods to set short-term goals and track progress. Vicki tailors these tools to each person’s needs and daily routine.
Vicki holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC, and works with people in Florida. She has a long history helping families and individuals manage the stress that comes with special needs, caregiving, and complex family dynamics. Her approach centers on practical support and steady problem solving.
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person’s priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and guides the pace of therapy based on what matters most to them.Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and behavior. It includes simple exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which is useful for anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and sleep problems.
Mindfulness techniques teach attention and relaxation skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These exercises are short and can be practiced between sessions to help with stress and emotional regulation.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, daily routines, and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for a more interactive experience. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to get support between appointments or when writing feels more comfortable. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, childcare, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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