Valerie Engel, LPC, LMHC

Valerie Engel approaches therapy with attentive listening and a focus on helping people reconnect with their strengths and inner wisdom. She works collaboratively to develop practical strategies and build skills that support movement through difficult moments, improve communication, and challenge unhelpful thinking patterns. Her style emphasizes understanding each person’s experience while offering tools to manage symptoms and improve relationships.

She integrates a variety of methods to meet individual needs, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, work-life balance assessment, and mindfulness techniques. Valerie is certified in HeartMath for stress management as well as Trauma Sensitive HeartMath, training that supports her work with stress symptoms and emotional regulation. Her clinical background began in addiction and recovery counseling in 2007, and she expanded into mental health therapy in 2017, bringing a long-standing focus on co-occurring disorders and recovery-related challenges.

Her areas of practice include addictions, sleep difficulties, self-esteem concerns, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, career concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses related problems such as abandonment, codependency, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, dissociation, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and aging-related matters. Valerie is licensed in Colorado and Washington, holding the credentials LPC and LMHC. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor and LMHC stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor.