About Frederick
Frederick Vickery is a licensed professional counselor with six years of clinical experience. He helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, addiction, self-esteem problems, grief, and relationship difficulties. Frederick also supports those facing life changes, bipolar symptoms, and LGBT-related concerns.
He keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Frederick listens first, then works with each person to set clear goals and steps to reach them. He adapts his approach to the person in front of him rather than relying on a single method.
Background and approach
Frederick draws on several proven approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered methods. He combines these with attachment-based ideas and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful. That blend allows him to match techniques to issues like avoidance, communication problems, body image, and caregiver stress.
Before focusing on therapy he worked in experiential education and wilderness settings, and later provided individual and group therapy in hospital and outpatient programs. Those experiences shaped a practical style that values real-world skills and steady support. Sessions aim to help people reduce distress and build daily routines that match their values.
Frederick welcomes clients from Minnesota and international clients for online work, and conducts sessions in English.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts and feelings appear. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching willingness and committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments to change emotions and behavior; this approach is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections and communication, which can be useful for relationship, attachment issues, and some forms of trauma.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Frederick will collaborate with each person to figure out what fits their goals and preferences, and he will adjust methods as progress is made. The process is meant to be flexible and responsive rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and a full conversation when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions are useful when a quieter environment or lower data use is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, on-the-go support, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options give flexibility for scheduling, allow continued care during life transitions, and help people keep steady momentum toward their goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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