Val Anderson (she/her)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

I work fluently with the ACT core processes—psychological flexibility, values clarification, defusion, acceptance, and committed action—helping clients move away from experiential avoidance and toward lives guided by meaning rather than fear. I integrate ACT experientially, using metaphors, mindfulness, and values-based interventions to support sustainable behavior change while honoring the full emotional complexity of each client.

Attachment Theory

My work is deeply informed by attachment theory, particularly in understanding how early relational experiences shape emotional regulation, self-concept, and patterns of connection across the lifespan. I assess attachment dynamics within individuals, couples, and families, and I intentionally create a therapeutic relationship that models safety, attunement, and repair.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

My CBT work is collaborative and practical, emphasizing skill-building, behavioral experiments, and cognitive restructuring while remaining sensitive to context, culture, and lived experience. I adapt CBT flexibly rather than rigidly, ensuring interventions are personalized and integrated with broader therapeutic goals.

Family Systems

I assess patterns such as roles, boundaries, intergenerational dynamics, and cycles of interaction that maintain distress. Whether working with individuals or families, I help clients see how change in one part of the system can shift the whole, empowering them to respond intentionally rather than reactively within their relationships.

Narrative 

I help clients externalize challenges, identify dominant problem-saturated stories, and reclaim alternative narratives that reflect their values, strengths, and lived knowledge.

Relationship / Marriage Issues

I specialize in working with couples who are struggling with connection, trust, or communication. Through my work, I implement attachment-based theory and aspects of EFT to help couples rekindle, reconnect, and strengthen following testing situations. I help clients establish a new "normal" in their relationships and daily lives. I integrate my knowledge on family dynamics, EFT, and attachment theory to grow the accountability of each person, the trust between them, and rekindle the romance.

PTSD

I also work with individuals who are struggling with PTSD and trauma related disorders, focusing on emotional regulation, increasing coping mechanisms, and insight into thought processes. I have training in TF-CBT and DBT to help increase distress tolerance and by incorporating narrative therapy into sessions to allow clients to take back their power.