Vicki Zeitner , LPC

Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. She helps clients improve communication, find better work-life balance, manage troubling moods, and gain clearer self-understanding. Vicki blends a conversational, accepting style with clinical skills to help people make difficult decisions, process losses, and move through unexpected events.

Her background includes work in community mental health agencies, outpatient counseling centers, and inpatient treatment programs, and she spent nearly 15 years in academia which adds perspective on university life. Having lived on both the east and west coasts and in urban and rural settings, she brings familiarity with diverse communities and cultural experiences into her practice.

Vicki’s therapeutic stance is collaborative and values-oriented. She draws on solution-focused strategies and mindfulness-informed cognitive approaches to address anxiety and depressed mood, and she pays attention to how early relationships and life events shape patterns of thinking and behavior. She may suggest resources to support work between sessions and aims to empower clients by sharing practical knowledge about mental health. Please note she does not treat active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders, or self-harm.

Vicki welcomes diversity and treats people with dignity. She looks for clients who are introspective, willing to reflect, able to tolerate discomfort, and motivated to apply therapeutic work outside of sessions. Her approach is rooted in curiosity, respect, and a focus on clarifying values and strengths to foster meaningful change.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care

Vicki integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her work, which helps people clarify what matters most to them and learn practical ways to act on those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is often used for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy is also a key part of her approach, focusing on how early relationships shape current patterns and helping clients build healthier connections and improve relationship safety. Client-Centered Therapy guides her style as well - it emphasizes empathy, respect, and listening so that clients feel understood and can explore solutions at their own pace.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Vicki works with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time so the work remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy schedules or geographic constraints. Video calls and phone sessions provide face-to-face interaction, while live chat and text-based messaging allow for shorter or more flexible exchanges. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access licensed professionals from wherever they are, and choose the format that best supports progress.