Vicki Zeitner, LPC - Therapist in Oregon

About Vicki

Vicki Zeitner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life changes. Vicki listens closely and helps clarify values so clients can take practical steps forward.

Her style is conversational, accepting, and down-to-earth, aimed at making therapy feel like a collaborative conversation. Vicki draws on several evidence-based approaches tailored to each person’s needs. She uses acceptance and commitment methods to help people respond differently to painful thoughts and feelings.

Background and approach

Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Emotion-focused and attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and how early patterns affect present life. Her background includes work in community mental health, outpatient counseling, and inpatient treatment programs.

She also spent years in academia and has lived in both urban and rural settings across the United States. That range of experience shapes how she understands work, family, and cultural differences. In sessions she offers questions, perspective, and practical options.

She may suggest exercises or resources to practice between meetings. Vicki does not treat active addictions, acute psychiatric conditions, active eating disorders, or self-harm, and she helps people find the right care when those issues are present. Vicki welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and values motivated, reflective clients who are willing to try new ways of coping.

She aims to help clients improve communication, rebalance work and life, and gain clearer self-understanding so they can move forward with more confidence.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behavior changes to reduce distress and improve mood. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and problem solving. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to emotions and relationship patterns, helping people express needs and shift interaction cycles that cause pain.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, guide practical exercises, and check in between meetings to support steady progress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

Areas of focus include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, LGBT issues, bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, career and life purpose questions, and multicultural concerns.

What is the general therapy style?

The approach is conversational and client-centered. Sessions focus on listening, clarifying values, and offering practical options to try between meetings.

How much clinical experience is there?

The therapist has 17 years of professional experience working in community mental health, outpatient counseling, and inpatient treatment settings, plus extensive time in academic roles.

What credentials and region apply?

The clinician holds the LPC credential - OR LPC C4523 - and practices from Oregon.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What do I need to do to begin?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Career difficulties

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Oregon
Languages: English

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