01 · Who Valerie works with

Valerie works with relationship issues, intimacy-related issues and parenting issues

Valerie lists 5 specialisms and 23 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Valerie chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Valerie's own words

What Valerie says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am a licensed therapist in Ohio with over 20 years of combined professional work experience as a therapist, life coach, and certified mentor. My specialty is in empowering and totally transforming lives at a core level, as inner barriers are forever released. I am passionate about empowering clients to create the unique life they desire. I provide sessions full of empathy, hope, and doable next steps in order to create this NEW amazing life. I specialize in helping clients with relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, motivation, self-esteem, confidence, releasing inner emotional blocks, marriage, mothering, and life mission. My decades of life experience include those of being with my husband for nearly 20 years, being a smiling homeschooler of our four children, and living on a rural homestead with beloved chickens, rottweilers, butterflies, and bullfrogs. I am passionate about empowering clients to live their Divine Destiny with Wild Joy. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths, and even superpowers, that will assist you in overcoming the things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage. I am proud of you for getting started. I can't wait to begin working together. Together, and week-by-week, you will learn new, essential skills that will allow you to powerfully create the life of your Wildest Dreams!

Valerie Malicki, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Valerie works

The 2 approaches Valerie lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Valerie lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Valerie's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Valerie runs a session.

Narrative Therapy

Treats the story you tell about your life as something that can be examined and retold rather than as the plain facts. Separates the person from the problem - “the anxiety” rather than “your anxiety” - to make room for the parts the current story leaves out.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

Also listed

• Imago Relationship Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Valerie practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Valerie's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Valerie at this point.

2. Naming Valerie specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Valerie is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Valerie.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Valerie

Built from what Valerie actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Valerie's - Valerie has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 20 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LPCC

Licensed in

Ohio

Licence

OH LPCC E.0500302

Licence number

E.0500302

Licence expires

18 Sep 2027

NPI

1982979951

Years in practice

20

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Valerie's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Valerie. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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