Valerie Farrell, LCSW

Therapist in New York

Valerie Farrell is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments.

Licensed inNew York
License096333
NPI 1528525128
Experience28+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Valerie

Valerie Farrell is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She practices in New York and draws on several talk therapy methods to guide people through stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and trauma. Valerie frames therapy as a place to notice patterns, try new ways of coping, and set realistic goals.

Her approach centers on Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered principles. She listens for how early relationships shape current responses.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on building trust, naming difficult feelings, and creating manageable steps forward. Valerie also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools to tackle worry, negative thinking, and compulsive behaviors. Those methods are practical and goal-oriented, so people often leave with concrete skills to use between sessions.

Motivational Interviewing helps when making changes feels overwhelming or uncertain. She has worked with people facing substance use, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and grief across many years. Valerie pays attention to how loss, abandonment, and life transitions affect daily functioning.

She explains ideas plainly and offers a steady presence during hard conversations. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and paced to match their readiness for change. Valerie aims to help people feel more able to manage hard days, rebuild connection, and move toward clearer choices.

Credentials

LCSW (New York): License 096333 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1528525128 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Coaching
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dissociation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Traumatic brain injury
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Valerie names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and trust. It helps people understand patterns of closeness and distance and how those patterns play out in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center of sessions and focuses on empathy, listening, and supporting self-directed growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, when used, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises and homework to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. That lets her tailor a mix of attachment-focused listening, skill practice, and motivational techniques to each person's needs rather than prescribing a single method up front.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation and are useful for deeper, face-to-face work. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins, real-time support between sessions, and ongoing reflection without scheduling a full call.

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Frequently asked

What issues does Valerie address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and life coaching needs. Additional concerns include abandonment, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her work blends Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches with practical techniques from CBT and mindfulness. The style is collaborative and focuses on building skills and understanding patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has 28 years of clinical experience working with people facing trauma, addiction, grief, and long-term health challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

Valerie holds an LCSW and practices in New York. The credential listed is NY LCSW.

Are sessions offered in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are costs handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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