Valencia Gooden, LCSW, LISW

Valencia Gooden is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Indiana with five years of clinical therapy experience and more than a decade working in human services. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also focuses on questions of life purpose and developing self-love.

She uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most pressing. Sessions focus on building practical skills for coping with emotional overwhelm and for managing everyday demands at work and home. Valencia draws on evidence-based methods to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors.

Her work combines client-centered conversation with tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness practices. EMDR is also part of her toolkit when past events keep showing up in daily life. She applies these methods in simple steps so clients can practice between sessions.

Valencia frames therapy as a collaborative process. She works with people to set concrete goals and to track small changes over time. The emphasis is on usable strategies that fit into busy schedules rather than abstract theory.

Outside of clinical work she is married and has an extended family, and she spends free time painting, listening to audiobooks, taking short trips, and learning new skills. Her background in human services shapes a practical approach to solving everyday problems.

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