About Vanessa
Vanessa Rubin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, stress, or big life changes. Vanessa aims to make therapy straightforward and doable for busy lives.
She uses common-sense strategies to help people notice patterns, adjust unhelpful thoughts, and build coping skills. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small steps so progress feels tangible.
Background and approach
Vanessa also pays attention to how relationships, caregiving roles, and work stress shape emotional health. Many clients seek her help for trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addictions, grief, and intimacy-related struggles. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, parenting stress, career transitions, and communication difficulties.
Her practice addresses both emotional safety and practical problem solving. Therapy draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered methods. Vanessa blends practical exercises with empathic listening to help people try different ways of coping.
She encourages homework that fits daily routines and values. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Vanessa works with clients in English and practices in Louisiana.
Her approach is collaborative: she helps people set goals and checks in on what’s working as therapy progresses.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters most and take committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression and anxiety. It uses short exercises and homework to practice skills between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions and how they shape relationships and intimacy; it helps people name feelings and try different ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That process includes trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility and simpler logistics. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, try brief coping prompts, or fit therapy into a busy day. These formats make it easier to maintain consistency and access support from wherever the client is located.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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