Vicki Farley, LPC

Vicki Farley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 20 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, client-centered style to sessions and listens first so clients can tell their story. Her work includes a wide range of concerns and she emphasizes matching the approach to each person.

Vicki has helped people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges. She also supports those facing major life changes, caregiving burdens, chronic illness, and aging and geriatric issues. Her background includes work in private practice and addictions treatment settings, giving her experience with both straightforward and complex situations.

Her way of working draws on Client-Centered Therapy for an empathic, accepting stance. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques when they fit the problem. Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas and mindfulness practices also appear in her work when helpful.

Vicki listens closely and then partners with each person to choose practical steps and strategies. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and problem-solving that can be used between meetings. She aims to make therapy a useful part of everyday life rather than a series of abstract conversations.

People who are dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness, cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, or aging-related changes will find relevant experience in her background. Vicki works in English and practices in Alabama, and she centers respect and steady listening in every session.

Approaches that translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people feel heard so they can find their own answers; it supports a wide range of issues from grief to life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication, which can help with overwhelming emotions and relationship stresses.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen first, then discuss which methods might work best given goals and daily life. Together they will try techniques and adjust the focus as progress is made.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people appreciate being able to practice skills between sessions and bring questions from everyday life directly into therapy.