Lindsey Vining, LCSW

Lindsey Vining is an LCSW with 15 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports folks facing parenting strain, body image and eating issues, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. Lindsey uses a straightforward, encouraging style that aims to make therapy feel practical and hopeful.

Her approach is direct but warm. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps clients can try between meetings. Lindsey mixes cognitive behavioral techniques with person-centered listening to help people notice patterns and try new responses. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when helpful.

She has worked in many settings, including inpatient and outpatient care, crisis shelters, community mental health, and medical clinics. That range gives her experience with trauma, domestic violence survivors, sexual assault, serious mental health concerns, and housing instability. Lindsey brings that background to individual conversations rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan.

In sessions she balances practical tools with empathy. She aims to be nonjudgmental and motivating, using optimism and occasional humor to keep people engaged. Lindsey tailors treatment plans to each person’s needs and priorities.

Her practice accommodates different schedules and time zones. Lindsey communicates regularly during the week and notes she checks messages daily except Sundays. If a specific scheduling need arises, she tries to make adjustments.

How Lindsey's approaches work online

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behavior to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for coping with loss, chronic worry, or life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships affect current patterns of relating and emotion; it can help with intimacy, abandonment worries, blended-family stress, and related concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lindsey will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus more on skills training, values-based work, or relationship patterns, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging let people share updates and get support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier across time zones and help fit therapy into a busy life.