Dr. Valerie Glass

Dr. Valerie Glass is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience. She offers a steady, down-to-earth approach for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She also supports clients who are navigating LGBTQ and women’s issues, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and questions about sexuality and non-traditional relationships.

She holds a doctorate in marriage and family therapy and teaches students training to become therapists. That background informs her work but she focuses on each person in front of her. Sessions are collaborative and nonjudgmental; she listens first and then helps map practical steps forward.

Dr. Glass uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, person-focused space. She draws on narrative therapy to help people reframe difficult stories about themselves. Solution-focused techniques are used to set small, achievable goals and track progress.

People often come for help processing life changes, improving intimacy, managing ADHD or compassion fatigue, or coping with career and parenting stress. She also works with issues like eating or sleeping difficulties, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Her practice emphasizes understanding each person’s history and current pressures before planning next steps.

Sessions are offered in English and she practices in South Carolina. The practice notes that scheduling and session formats should be confirmed before booking.

How these approaches guide online therapy

Client-centered therapy centers the person’s experience and preferences. That means sessions focus on the client’s concerns and what matters most to them, whether they are coping with life changes, relationship strain, or identity questions. Narrative therapy helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and try out new, more helpful ways to describe their lives. This approach can be useful for shifting how past events influence present choices. Solution-focused therapy narrows attention to concrete, short-term goals and practical steps. It is often used when people want direction, accountability, or quick strategies to manage stress or daily challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From there the methods above are mixed and adjusted in collaboration so the plan fits the client’s situation and rhythm.

Session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a short conversation is more helpful than a long appointment. It can also offer alternatives when a face-to-face visit is hard to schedule. Licensed professionals can adapt the methods described above to work well across different ways of meeting, helping clients stay focused on goals and make steady progress.