Valerie Keller Gates is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.
01About Valerie
Valerie Keller Gates is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She writes plainly and works to make hard conversations feel more manageable. Valerie brings seven years of counseling experience to each session and aims to meet people where they are in their lives.
She shapes sessions around the individual's needs, combining a client-centered stance with practical methods like cognitive behavioral techniques.
Background and approach
Valerie aims to be direct and caring in session so people can speak honestly about what’s troubling them. She often helps clients with relationship and family tensions, parenting challenges, and issues around self-esteem and identity. Valerie has a background in family studies and human relations, and she built experience across adult and group work.
That history informs how she handles grief, trauma, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar challenges. Her approach is flexible and evolves as the person’s needs change. She also works with trauma-related concerns and uses tools designed to lessen distress from upsetting memories.
Valerie pays attention to cultural and financial stressors and helps people sort out problems that touch money, military background, and blended family dynamics. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer communication. In session, Valerie collaborates on a plan that fits current goals.
She explains techniques simply and checks in on progress as therapy continues. Her goal is to help clients build coping skills, regain balance, and move forward with greater confidence.
02Credentials
- LPC (Oklahoma)
- License 6622 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1871964106 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Valerie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Valerie names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Valerie names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Valerie commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and sometimes uses EMDR for trauma-related symptoms. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and adapting the pace to what the person needs, which helps when someone is unsure where to start. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change unhelpful habits. EMDR involves structured processing of upsetting memories and can be used when past experiences continue to cause distress.Finding the best approach is part of the process. Valerie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and the specific problems they want to address. That shared planning helps adjust techniques over time if something isn’t working as hoped.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video lets people use visual cues and a longer session format, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Valerie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting questions, self-esteem, bipolar and ADHD concerns, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered with practical techniques added as needed, including cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness approaches to help with symptoms and daily coping.
What is her professional background?
Valerie has seven years of counseling experience and studied family studies and human relations before completing her counseling education.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oklahoma and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Valerie?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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