Prof. Valerie Starr, LCPC, LCMHC

Licensed in New Hampshire · 38 years in practice

Prof. Valerie Starr helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

License and registration

LCMHC, New Hampshire: 139 · expires June 2027
LCPC, Nevada: CP5222-R · expires January 2028
NPI: 1821199548 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 38
Languages: English

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About Valerie

Prof. Valerie Starr helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger, and LGBT-related concerns.

Valerie presents as calm and approachable and writes plainly with a focus on practical steps. She brings 38 years of practice in community mental health and independent practice. Valerie has also taught graduate students as an adjunct professor, including courses in family systems therapy and counseling ethics.

Background and approach

Her background includes work across a wide range of life stages and concerns. Her style is warm and person-centered. She aims to meet each person as an individual rather than a label.

Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on building skills that can be used between appointments. Valerie uses a mix of approaches tailored to the person. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings, client-centered work to follow the client's pace, and cognitive behavioral strategies to address thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression.

She is licensed in Nevada as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and also holds the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential. Valerie works with people who want practical changes as well as deeper self-understanding. People who start with her can expect straightforward conversation, thoughtful questions, and gentle challenges when helpful.

The focus is on small, doable steps toward improved coping and clearer relationships.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Valerie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Valerie names

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Online support

How approach fits online therapy

Attachment-based work pays attention to how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can use conversation and targeted exercises to notice patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy focuses on following the client’s pace and priorities. In remote sessions this means the therapist reflects, asks gentle questions, and supports whatever goal the client sets. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives concrete techniques to shift unhelpful thinking. CBT tools can be taught in a video call or reinforced with messages between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will pick or combine methods so work matches the person’s needs.

Online sessions offer flexibility and several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that helps. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing reflection between appointments and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day. Licensed professionals use these formats to keep care consistent and accessible across distances.

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Questions people ask

What issues does she commonly address?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy problems, parenting stress, anger, and self-esteem struggles.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is warm and person-centered. Sessions emphasize listening, practical steps, and working at the client’s own pace.

What kind of clinical experience does she have?

She has 38 years of experience in community mental health and independent practice and has taught graduate courses as an adjunct professor.

What credentials and location information are on record?

She holds NV LCPC and NH LCMHC credentials and practices from Nevada.

Are sessions offered in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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