Lindsey Vining, LCSW

Lindsey Vining is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Mississippi with 15 years of practice. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and depression, as well as addictions and relationship and family concerns. Lindsey also addresses parenting and intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes and compassion fatigue.

She has worked in inpatient and outpatient clinics, crisis and emergency shelters, community mental health programs, and medical settings. That range means she is familiar with acute safety needs, long-term care, and the practical pressures people bring from home, work, and caregiving roles. She has experience with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and homelessness.

In sessions she blends person-centered listening with practical skills from cognitive behavioral approaches. Lindsey describes her style as direct and motivating, and she uses humor and optimism to build rapport. She also draws on solution-focused methods and motivational interviewing to set clear goals and small steps forward.

Her background as a sociologist and life coach informs a focus on the social parts of problems - roles, relationships, and daily routines - alongside emotion and thinking patterns. Lindsey pays attention to how stressors like parenting, work, and caregiving affect mood and behavior.

She works with adults and young people and communicates in English. The first meeting typically looks at immediate needs, safety, and practical goals, followed by concrete strategies and short-term tools to manage symptoms and move toward longer term changes.

How Lindsey’s approaches translate to remote sessions