Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Valentina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Valentina
Valentina Gasparro is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges. She speaks English and Italian and practices from Illinois while working with some international clients.
Her approach is warm and practical. She uses mindfulness, acceptance-based techniques, and emotion-focused work to help people notice what matters and make small changes. Sessions aim to build coping skills that fit day-to-day life and reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Valentina blends several evidence-informed methods in session. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and get unstuck. She uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. She offers individual therapy that can include short-term coaching around goals or longer work for deeper issues. Conversations are collaborative and paced to what each person needs.
Practical exercises, breathing and grounding practices, and reflective work are commonly used between sessions. People come to her for a range of struggles - from coping with life changes and career stress to addressing trauma, intimacy issues, or parenting strain. Her goal is to help clients build skills and make decisions that support healthier routines and relationships.
What Valentina works with
Everything Valentina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Valentina's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
Approaches Valentina lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters most and take small, value-driven steps even when feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and for people who feel stuck in old patterns.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns affect how someone connects now. It can help with relationship strain, intimacy issues, and patterns of mistrust or withdrawal.
Dialetical Behavior Therapy tools teach concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and tolerating distress. These skills are practical for anger, mood swings, and coping after trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and style. Plans are adjusted as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is often used for longer therapy conversations, phone works well for check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit brief coaching, notes between sessions, or moments when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to keep continuity during life changes.
Questions people ask about Valentina
What concerns does she address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep issues, parenting challenges, self-esteem, career questions, ADHD, and related areas.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative. She blends mindfulness, acceptance, attachment, and emotion-focused techniques to build skills and clarify values.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults and has provided individual, group, and family work during her career.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCPC credential and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.