Valerie Kennedy Lang, LCSW

Valerie Kennedy Lang is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience helping people navigate complex emotional and life challenges. As a LCSW - a licensed professional trained in clinical assessment and therapy - she has worked alongside parents, caregivers, siblings, and patients affected by chronic and life-threatening illness, providing support through healthcare-related traumatic experiences, grief, bereavement, and crisis intervention.

Her background includes practice in healthcare settings, the nonprofit sector, and private practice, giving her a broad perspective on family dynamics and systems. She supports individuals working through anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and the stresses that come with caregiving, chronic illness, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and other life transitions. Additional areas of focus include attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, isolation and loneliness, and postpartum and end-of-life issues.

Valerie approaches therapy with active listening, collaboration, and a nonjudgmental stance, emphasizing strengths and client-defined goals. She integrates evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered principles, dialectical skills, emotionally focused ideas, and mindfulness practices to tailor treatment to each person. Her intent is to build a therapeutic relationship that supports movement toward the goals clients set for themselves.