- ACT methods
- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
About Vivian
Vivian Whetham is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with ten years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction issues, anger, depression, and relationship concerns. Her work also covers career challenges, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and attention-related struggles. Vivian communicates plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She uses straightforward, evidence-based methods that emphasize real skills over theory. Sessions often include exercises to notice thoughts, try different behaviors, and practice new ways of handling difficult feelings. Vivian aims to teach coping tools that people can use in daily life, such as breathing and grounding skills, thought reframing, and structured problem solving.
Her background includes addressing addiction, domestic violence impacts, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns alongside mood and anxiety disorders. She blends acceptance-based ideas with cognitive and behavioral techniques to help people move past stuck patterns. Treatment plans are shaped by the specific problems a person brings, not by a single technique.
Vivian often helps people who feel overwhelmed by life change, guilt or shame, or impulsive behavior. She also supports those exploring life purpose and career shifts, and people managing the fallout from divorce or family conflict. In session she focuses on what can be practiced between meetings to create steady progress.
People meet her for a direct, solution-focused style that aims to build clear skills. She explains approaches in simple terms and checks in about what is working. To start, she asks about immediate concerns and current strengths, then works with each person to set short-term, practical goals.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking small actions that matter despite uncomfortable feelings; it can help with social anxiety, shame, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and avoidance. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that help when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Vivian will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made, so the plan fits the person’s needs.
Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins on high-stress days, and reduce travel time. It can also let a person practice skills in everyday settings and bring real-life situations into session conversations. Licensed professionals can use video or audio formats depending on what suits the client, and sessions are scheduled to match daily routines rather than interrupt them.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Wyoming
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, relationship and family problems, trauma, grief, ADHD, and related issues listed in her profile.
How would she approach social anxiety or phobia?
She uses evidence-informed methods like CBT and ACT to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try manageable behavioral steps in social situations.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of experience working with mood, addiction, trauma, caregiver stress, and related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC, practicing under her Wyoming LPC credential and located in Wyoming.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.