About Vickie
Vickie Lane is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, ADHD, and relationship or family struggles. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at helping parents and adults find practical steps forward when life feels chaotic.
She builds a conversational space where clients can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize listening first, then working together to set clear, achievable goals. Vickie uses straightforward tools to manage symptoms, improve communication, and strengthen coping skills. Her approach combines client-centered work with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, change unhelpful behaviors, and stay motivated through setbacks. These methods are applied in simple, everyday language so clients can try them between sessions. Vickie has worked across many kinds of life transitions, including job stress, parenting strain, grief, and relationship breakdowns.
She helps people untangle cycles of guilt, shame, impulsivity, and self-criticism so they can make clearer choices. Practical problem solving is paired with emotional support throughout the process. Clients who choose her can expect collaboration on goals and regular check-ins about progress.
The focus is on small, steady changes that fit each person’s life. Vickie aims to empower people to manage symptoms and build a more stable daily routine.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and empathy to help people feel understood and to clarify goals. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort through feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and homework to reduce worry, manage depression, and change unhelpful habits. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication; it is useful for managing strong emotions and impulsive reactions.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try strategies that fit their life. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging are helpful for quick questions, ongoing check-ins, and practicing skills between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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