Valerie Savoie, LCSW, CSW

Valerie Savoie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 28 years of clinical experience in Colorado and Florida. She has worked with youth, families, and adults and focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting, family conflict, self-esteem, and life transitions. Valerie draws on practical techniques to help people navigate changes and feel more confident in daily life.

Valerie uses a client-centered approach that encourages self-discovery. She also uses cognitive behavioral methods, solution-focused strategies, and mindfulness practices to teach skills people can use outside of sessions. Conversations aim to identify patterns, name unhelpful thinking, and try small experiments that can change how someone feels and responds.

In sessions she pays attention to the relationship itself and the balance needed to build trust. She asks questions, listens for patterns, and offers concrete tools to manage stress, sleep problems, or anxious thoughts. Work with parenting and family concerns emphasizes clearer communication and practical steps for handling conflict at home.

Valerie notes that change often begins with small steps. Clients can expect direct techniques along with reflective exploration of what matters most to them. She also integrates some self-discovery tools such as the enneagram and mindfulness practices where they fit the client's goals.

She works part time and prefers scheduled appointment times on weekends, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, with some evening slots. Per licensing requirements she does not work with clients anonymously and asks new clients to provide a photo ID and contact information before beginning work.

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