Velery Fasano-Gilman, LPC

Velery Fasano-Gilman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, anger, or struggles with self-esteem. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at making the first step into therapy feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.

She has worked in a range of settings, including counseling centers, shelters, and psychiatric hospitals. Those experiences shaped a practical approach to everyday struggles and crisis moments. Velery focuses on clear tools and steady support rather than vague promises.

Sessions tend to be conversational and goal oriented. She encourages clients to name what they want to change and to try small, doable steps between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is one of the approaches she uses to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered techniques to help people accept difficult feelings while committing to values-based action. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and principles from the Gottman Method inform how she addresses intense emotions and relationship patterns.

Velery aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. She invites people to take the step of signing up for therapy, then works with them to build momentum toward clearer thinking and steadier coping.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Velery often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by focusing on immediate, testable steps.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult feelings and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for coping with painful emotions while still moving toward meaningful goals.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss the options, listen to the client's goals and preferences, and recommend techniques to try. Clients and the therapist adjust methods as needed based on progress and comfort level.

Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for a face-to-face conversation, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, chats allow quick check-ins, and text messaging can keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapeutic goals on track.