About Valentina
Valentina Gasparro is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 25 years of clinical experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, and many other life challenges.
Background and approach
She brings a versatile, client-focused style that blends evidence-informed methods to address concerns such as intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, parenting strains, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Valentina also works with issues around guilt and shame, end-of-life counseling, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, jealousy, and questions of life purpose.
Her approach emphasizes practical skills and emotional insight, using mindfulness, acceptance-based techniques, attachment principles, and emotion-focused methods to help clients build resilience and healthier patterns. Valentina favors collaboration and tailors interventions to each person’s circumstances and goals, aiming to empower people to make choices that enhance their wellbeing.
She is fluent in English and Italian and practices in Illinois as an LCPC (IL LCPC 180004519).
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Valentina commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) in her work. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying values and taking committed action toward meaningful goals, which can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. EFT focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses and interaction patterns, offering a way to address attachment-related distress, intimacy challenges, and strong emotional reactions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your needs, preferences, and goals and adapt methods over time so treatment fits your situation rather than expecting you to fit a single model. This collaborative planning helps ensure therapy remains relevant and practical as progress unfolds.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats allow licensed professionals to offer regular support, skill-building, and reflective work without requiring travel, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing everyday responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Italian