Verna Nichols Foust is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem.
01About Verna
Verna Nichols Foust is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. She supports individuals during major life changes like divorce, grief, or shifts in identity. Verna writes simply and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
Her style is direct and compassionate. She offers a calm space where people can name painful feelings and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical steps as well as emotions, so clients leave with ideas they can use between sessions. Verna has six years of clinical experience working with adults from many backgrounds. That experience includes supporting people with chronic pain or illness and helping first responders manage work-related strain.
She also helps with caregiver stress and the complicated feelings that follow betrayal or major relationship change. Sessions often address communication problems, isolation, control and dependency concerns, and issues around guilt, shame, or forgiveness. Verna pays attention to family of origin patterns and how they affect present-day choices.
Her work also covers practical pressures like financial strain or workplace conflict. She practices in Oklahoma and provides therapy in English. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to therapist availability.
02Credentials
- LPC (Oklahoma)
- License 1354 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1215948534 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Verna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
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04Online support
How evidence-based techniques guide online work
Verna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build skills. One common approach she uses focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence, which can reduce anxiety and depressive thinking. Another addresses trauma and stress by helping people process difficult memories and learn grounding and regulation skills to manage intense emotions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, what has and hasn’t helped before, and your day-to-day needs. Together you will try methods that fit your situation and adjust as progress is made.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session formats with the therapist before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins that focus on concrete tools. It also gives more options for scheduling around work or caregiving responsibilities. Verna and other licensed professionals can help tailor the approach so therapy fits into your life and addresses the problems you bring.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem struggles, plus life changes like divorce and grief.
How would you describe the therapist's approach?
The approach is compassionate and straightforward, combining emotional exploration with practical coping strategies people can use between sessions.
What background and experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with adults on issues such as chronic pain, caregiver stress, and first responder concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in Oklahoma.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm the current options with the therapist before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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