Valerie Malicki , LPCC

Valerie Malicki is a licensed therapist in Ohio with more than 20 years of combined professional experience as a therapist, life coach, and certified mentor. As an LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor), she blends clinical training with coaching tools to support people facing relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting and mothering concerns, motivation and self-esteem struggles, and broader life-transition questions.

She centers her work on helping individuals and couples release inner emotional barriers and develop practical, week-by-week skills. Sessions emphasize empathy, hope, and actionable next steps designed to move clients toward meaningful change and greater confidence. Her approach seeks to empower clients to shape a life aligned with their values and sense of purpose.

Valerie specializes in relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, self-esteem and confidence, and coaching around life mission. Additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose and midlife concerns, money and financial issues, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and pregnancy and childbirth.

She draws on decades of lived experience, including nearly 20 years with her husband, homeschooling four children, and life on a rural homestead with chickens, rottweilers, butterflies, and bullfrogs. Valerie believes each person is the expert of their story and that existing strengths can be mobilized to overcome challenges and invite renewed joy and purpose.

Approaches for Relationships, Narrative Work, and Trauma Online

Imago Relationship Therapy focuses on the dynamics between partners and uses structured dialogue to improve connection and communication. It is often used when couples want to repair interactions, rebuild trust, or deepen emotional and physical intimacy.

Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, then reframe or rewrite those stories to reflect strengths and preferred directions. This approach can be useful for identity work, life purpose, and shifting long-standing patterns that limit well-being.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and processing the effects of traumatic experiences in ways that reduce symptoms and support recovery. It is applicable for people coping with post-traumatic stress and the emotional impacts of past events.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Valerie will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She and the client choose pathways together so therapy feels tailored and practical.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexible options that fit different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to access licensed professionals from home, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care when life is busy or circumstances change.