Vicki Zeitner, LPC

Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, career concerns, depression and the many transitions life brings. She works with individuals and families on issues such as communication problems, coping with loss and grief, trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and questions of identity and belonging. Her practice includes support for LGBT concerns, blended family dynamics, first responder stress, and struggles with self-esteem and bipolar mood management.

Vicki has worked across community mental health agencies, outpatient counseling settings and inpatient programs, and she spent nearly 15 years in academia, giving her a particular understanding of university life. Her life experience spans more than 60 years and includes living in urban and rural communities on both the east and west coasts, which informs her multicultural perspective and respect for diverse backgrounds.

Her counseling style is casual, conversational, accepting and curious. She uses solution-focused methods and mindfulness-based cognitive techniques for anxiety and depression, and she attends to how early relationships and habitual ways of thinking shape current patterns. Vicki helps clients clarify values and strengths, explore alternatives, and translate insights into practical steps outside of sessions. She does not treat active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders or self-harm. As a licensed mental health professional, she aims to empower clients through collaborative work and thoughtful reflection.

Approaches that guide online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being ruled by them, and then take committed action toward what matters most. It is commonly used for anxiety, stress, and situations where values-driven choices are needed.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing new ways of responding. It is often applied to anxiety, depression, mood regulation and practical problem solving.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current patterns of relating and emotional responses, helping clients build more secure, connected ways of relating in friendships, families and intimate relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Vicki works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. She will listen, explore options, and adapt techniques so therapy aligns with a client’s values and pace.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules, manage transportation or access support from different locations. These options allow clients to maintain continuity of care and choose the format that feels most helpful for their situation.