Dr. Valerie Zeiger, LPC

Dr. Valerie Zeiger is an Alabama licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical work. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship strain, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions.

She approaches therapy as a collaborative process where the client is the expert on their own story. She focuses on practical steps and simple self-regulation techniques to interrupt intense reactions and restore a steadier state. Sessions aim to identify patterns that keep problems going and to find workable ways to respond differently.

Her background includes multiple evidence-based approaches. She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take committed action. Cognitive behavioral strategies help notice and change thought and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety, anger, or depression. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current responses to stress and connection.

In sessions she also draws on emotionally-focused and client-centered ways of working to improve emotional awareness and communication. The focus is on small, practical shifts rather than labels or long lectures. She teaches grounding and breathing tools that can be used when feelings are intense.

People contact her when anger shows up at home or work, when resentment accumulates, or when stress and burnout make daily life harder. She encourages slow, steady change and supports people as they try out new responses and build on what already works for them.

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