About Vanessa
Vanessa LaRose is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and motivation challenges. Vanessa aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supported.
She creates a space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions are practical and direct, centering on what a person wants to change and small steps to get there.
Background and approach
Vanessa listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and works with clients to try new ways of responding. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including depression, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep or eating difficulties, parenting stress, anger, career transitions, and attention-related challenges.
She also addresses more specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, blended family strain, and domestic violence recovery. Vanessa draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions toward concrete goals. She tailors the plan to each person and adjusts as progress is made.
The tone is collaborative and goal-focused, with attention to practical coping skills clients can use between sessions. People looking for a therapist who speaks plainly and focuses on doable steps may find her approach helpful. Vanessa offers therapy in English and works with adults navigating life changes, relationship concerns, or emotional overwhelm.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what to expect
Vanessa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and practical skills. One common approach she uses emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of thinking and acting; this can help with anxiety, low mood, and motivation problems. Another approach centers on building coping skills and behavioral changes through step-by-step practice, which suits issues like stress, sleep or eating difficulties, and managing cravings.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Vanessa works with each person to understand their goals and preferences, then recommends strategies to try. The plan is adjusted over time based on what helps and what doesn’t, so clients help shape the direction of their care.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed, live chat suits shorter focused exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity during life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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