- Focus on sleep and rest
- Mindfulness and skills
- Values-based goals
About Valentina
Valentina Gasparro is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, sleep difficulties, and parenting concerns. She helps with relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. Valentina speaks English and Italian and practices from Illinois.
Valentina uses a flexible, person-centered style that adapts to each individual. She blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, and emotionally focused methods. In sessions she often includes mindfulness and meditative techniques to help people manage strong feelings and build new habits.
Her background includes work across age groups and settings, with experience in individual, group, and family therapy. Valentina emphasizes practical steps people can take between sessions, like exercises for sleep, emotion regulation skills, and values-based goal setting. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and helps people identify small changes that add up.
People who come for sleep or rest difficulties may get help with bedtime routines, stress-linked wakefulness, and coping skills to reduce nighttime worry. For trauma, grief, or chronic stress she combines calming practices with skills to tolerate difficult emotions. Valentina also supports career concerns, coping with major life changes, and rebounds from infidelity or loss.
Her tone is warm and direct. She aims to make sessions practical and understandable for someone juggling family life or work. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step are used to match needs and set a first appointment.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them, and then take steps that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep-related worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and aims to create more secure ways of relating, which can help with intimacy and relationship struggles. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and communicating more effectively.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, symptoms, and everyday routines. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and priorities change.
The biography does not list specific online session types, so confirm available formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save commuting time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It also permits practicing skills and sleep routines in real-life settings, so techniques learned in sessions can be tried between appointments and reviewed at the next meeting.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English, Italian
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Valentina help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, sleep problems, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is person-centered and practical, blending acceptance, attachment work, DBT skills, and emotionally focused methods while using mindfulness and meditative techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working in individual, group, and family therapy settings with a range of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCPC credential - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and is based in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.