Frederick Vickery, LPC, LPCC

Frederick Vickery is a licensed mental health professional based in Minnesota who brings six years of clinical experience to his work. He holds the credentials LPC and LPCC - Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and offers care in English to clients locally and internationally. Frederick specializes in areas such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, self-esteem, depression, and addictions, and he also supports people facing relationship and family challenges, grief, anger, career transitions, and bipolar disorder.

In addition to these core specialties, Frederick works with a wide range of related concerns including attachment and abandonment issues, body image and eating-related struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency and commitment difficulties, communication problems, and blended family dynamics. His approach draws on well-established clinical methods - including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered techniques, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy - and he tailors those tools to fit each person’s situation and goals.

Frederick frames therapy as a collaborative process that focuses on understanding each client’s values and helping them move toward more meaningful engagement with life. He aims to meet people where they are, offering practical skills and empathic support to navigate life changes and build healthier patterns over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and develop practical skills for living in line with those values. It combines acceptance strategies with behavioral change techniques and can be useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges related to motivation and avoidance.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns in connection, trust, and intimacy. It supports people who struggle with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and relationship difficulties by building insight and fostering more secure ways of relating.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and a non-directive stance, creating a supportive space where clients are guided to find their own solutions. This approach can help with self-esteem, coping with life changes, and strengthening personal agency.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Frederick collaborates with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to access care across distances. For many people, remote sessions increase consistency and accessibility while still allowing work with licensed professionals toward meaningful change.