About me
For many years, the focus of my office based and online practice has been Family Counseling, including work with couples striving to improve their relationship. I listen with respect and compassion to each member of the couple, and assist each to hear the other in new ways. Homework is sometimes suggested, either individually or as a couple project.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationships
- Family conflicts
- Trauma, Abuse
- Depression
Addictions , LGBT , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Abandonment , Adoption and Foster Care , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Attachment issues , Autism and Asperger Syndrome , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 38
Services offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
NV LCPC CP5222-R
NH LCMHC 139
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Prof. Valerie Starr. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.
Prof. Starr has been great in helping with our relationship differences. She’s very mutual and helps tremendously with our communication error. She is very fair even in situations when one partner is clearly at fault (9/10 it’s me) but I feel treated in a way I can express my reasoning.
After doing our first video chat with Prof Starr I knew she was the perfect match for my husband and I. She was extremely kind, knowledgeable, eager to listen and also give advice. She asked questions which made us feel like she was engaged and was truly interested in helping us. I would absolutely suggest to any couples who are skeptical about couples therapy to meet with Prof. Starr as she was just wonderful and made us feel so comfortable.
We haven’t met yet, but the pre-work has been good!
Professor Starr is amazing!
She’s great
Professor Starr was very professional and knowledgeable. Unfortunately there was a lot of story behind her problems and We didn’t have time to unpack the entire story. Which might have changed things. But too late now. She did a great job and helped me in the little time we worked with her. I appreciated her tough love and insight and got me thinking about what the real problem with me might be.
She is very good at getting to the root of what you’re feeling and thinking.
Prof. Starr is great at making both of us feel heard. This is helping us to be more open about our difficulties.
Loving the flexibility of the services and the therapist engagement so far.
Prof Starr is extremely responsive with the online chat and her video session was very well facilitated and productive.
I really like prof Starr. I feel she listens and is not judgmental. I feel free to express any and all concerns with her including secrets that haven’t told anyone Ever
Prof. Starr connected with me soon after joining ReGain. She asked simple yet engaging questions that made me really think about my situation and what I hoped to achieve. I have had one telephone session with her which allowed me to fill in the gaps to provide a more complete picture of my issues. She was attentive and asked probing questions. I feel fortunate to have connected with Prof. Starr and look forward to continuing to work with her.
I love the boundaries she has set up to keep our talks civil.
I reached out to Prof. Starr when my husband and I were going through an extremely rough patch in our marriage. She was so supportive, helpful, and quick to answer when I needed it most. I soon got my husband to join our online counseling, and Prof. Starr helped us both articulate what we were feeling. She showed us how to communicate better with each other, and with her guidance, we were both able to make compromises that strengthened our marriage. Prof. Starr gave us the very important reminder that my husband and I are a team, and that it's us together vs. the problem. I appreciate her wisdom and kindness more than I can put into words, and I know my husband and I will always cherish her advice!
Professor Starr has been quite helpful in allowing my wife and I to work through the difficulties in our failing marriage. I personally believe it is a counselors job to listen and not judge, which can be hard in a marital dispute as we are both trying to prove the other is wrong. But Prof. Starr has been very professional, understanding, and non-judgmental. She realizes there are many sides to one story. I may choose to continue to work with her after my wife and I separate.