Vanessa Van Dyke meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps toward feeling steadier and more like themselves.
01About Vanessa
Vanessa Van Dyke meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps toward feeling steadier and more like themselves. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 16 years of experience and works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and compassion fatigue. Vanessa creates space for honest conversation and helps clients name and manage overwhelming feelings.
In sessions she emphasizes listening first, then figuring out what feels most useful for each person.
Background and approach
Conversations can cover identity and LGBT concerns, body image, shame, and stress tied to caregiving or work. Vanessa also helps people sort through attachment and abandonment worries, codependency, or problems connected to family of origin and relationships. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma-related symptoms and mood disorders.
Therapy may include learning concrete coping skills, ways to challenge unhelpful thinking, and practices to reduce emotional reactivity. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Vanessa values a collaborative approach.
She works with clients to set realistic goals and adjusts methods based on what’s helping. Sessions aim to build tools that clients can use between appointments. Vanessa is licensed in Colorado and Arizona as an LPC.
She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats to fit different schedules and needs. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she is available to support people through that process.
02Credentials
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0020496 · expires August 2027
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-16085 · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1487548939 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vanessa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
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04Online support
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Vanessa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and symptom relief. One common approach teaches concrete coping strategies for anxiety and mood symptoms, such as breathing exercises, behavior changes, and step-by-step plans to reduce avoidance. This helps people feel calmer and more able to face stressful situations.She also uses trauma-informed methods to address trauma-related symptoms and compassion fatigue. These techniques help people understand how past experiences shape reactions now and offer ways to process difficult memories at a manageable pace.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust based on progress and preference. Clients help set goals and decide which techniques feel most useful.
Online therapy offers practical advantages for this work. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around life and maintain continuity of care.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Vanessa address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and compassion fatigue, along with body image, identity and relationship-related worries.
What is her general therapy style?
Vanessa focuses on listening first and then using evidence-based techniques to teach coping skills and reduce emotional distress.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with a broad range of emotional and trauma-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with licensure in Colorado and Arizona and practices from Colorado.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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