Velery Fasano-Gilman, LPC

Velery Fasano-Gilman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with five years of hands-on experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depressed mood, and relationship challenges. She has worked in a variety of settings including counseling centers, shelters, and psychiatric hospitals, which has broadened her experience with issues such as anger management, motivation, self-esteem, confidence, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes.

Velery emphasizes a collaborative and nonjudgmental approach, creating an open environment where clients can express thoughts and feelings safely. Her work addresses a range of concerns from family and relationship dynamics to mood disorders and social anxiety, with additional focus on areas like abandonment, caregiver stress, forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and isolation. She encourages clients to take the first step toward support and recognizes that beginning therapy can require courage, offering steady guidance as clients pursue their goals and build new coping strategies.

Therapeutic approaches and accessible online care

Velery integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and client-centered principles to tailor support to each person. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying personal values to guide meaningful action - it can help with anxiety, avoidance, and navigating life transitions. CBT helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, often used for anxiety, low mood, and stress management. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and a collaborative relationship where the therapist follows the client’s lead to build self-understanding and confidence, which is helpful for self-esteem, relationship issues, and coping with change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Velery works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and licensed professionals can adapt techniques over time as goals evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - Velery provides sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage from different locations and schedules. These options support consistent access to care for people balancing work, caregiving, or mobility constraints, and therapists can apply the same therapeutic tools across these formats to help clients make progress.