Valerie holds a Doctorate in Social Work and Board certification in social work, substance counseling, Clinical Supervision, and Telehealth and founded The Willow Health & Wellness Center in 2005. Valerie has demonstrated a profound commitment to service, spending decades training graduate students in the flexible and practical application of theory in real-world practice, clinical practice, and in the development of products for marginalized and undeserved markets.

      Valerie offers counseling and coaching services with an invitation to a brave space where challenges meet transformative solutions for individuals striving to attain the best version of themselves.

      Valerie worked as the operations lead on a tech start-up team before moving into the education and clinical space and has retained an entrepreneurial outlook guided by a holistic systems thinking perspective. With an authentic demeanor, pointed communication skills, and an adaptive leadership style. Val approaches complex problems from the top down, integrating inquiry within a spirit of collaboration to seek efficient and inclusive solutions within flexibly integrated frameworks designed to center stakeholders, prioritize accountability, and build cohesion.

      Whether in a counseling/coaching environment or an institutional setting, Valerie integrates holistic, transformative narratives designed to move toward equitable restoration with an overriding belief that there is, in fact, enough to go around.