- 29 years experience
- Focus on trauma
- Speaks ASL
About Vickie
Vickie Frizzell Pratt is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) in Nebraska with 29 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, and low self-esteem. Her approach aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life.
Vickie builds sessions around each person's needs. She listens first, then helps set clear goals. Sessions often include strategies for coping with stress, mood swings, and difficult memories. She also supports people facing chronic illness, cancer-related challenges, caregiving strain, and aging concerns.
Her work draws from client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she pays attention to each person’s story and looks for patterns in thoughts and behaviors to change. She also uses emotion-focused ideas and mindfulness practices to help people notice and manage feelings in the moment.
Vickie has guided people through attachment and abandonment issues, relationship communication problems, and codependency. She offers ways to handle control struggles, avoidant personality patterns, and blended family stress. Her background includes addressing trauma with targeted approaches when past events keep affecting daily life.
Sessions respect cultural and gender differences and aim for concrete steps clients can try between meetings. People who want steady, compassionate support while working on mood, trauma recovery, or living with long-term health concerns may find her approach helpful.
Vickie builds sessions around each person's needs. She listens first, then helps set clear goals. Sessions often include strategies for coping with stress, mood swings, and difficult memories. She also supports people facing chronic illness, cancer-related challenges, caregiving strain, and aging concerns.
Her work draws from client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she pays attention to each person’s story and looks for patterns in thoughts and behaviors to change. She also uses emotion-focused ideas and mindfulness practices to help people notice and manage feelings in the moment.
Vickie has guided people through attachment and abandonment issues, relationship communication problems, and codependency. She offers ways to handle control struggles, avoidant personality patterns, and blended family stress. Her background includes addressing trauma with targeted approaches when past events keep affecting daily life.
Sessions respect cultural and gender differences and aim for concrete steps clients can try between meetings. People who want steady, compassionate support while working on mood, trauma recovery, or living with long-term health concerns may find her approach helpful.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
29+ years
Credentials
Nebraska
Languages
English, American Sign Language
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person's perspective and building a trusting connection. Online sessions can use that same listening-first approach to help clients feel heard and set goals together.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT works well online because homework, thought records, and short skill-building exercises can be shared and reviewed between sessions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, targets distressing memories and the body’s reactions to them. When EMDR is used, the therapist adapts techniques to the format and pace that suit the client’s needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities, and then suggest methods to try. Decisions about which approaches to use are made together and can change as progress is made.
For practical matters, confirm which session formats are offered before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt tools and exercises so sessions fit into the client’s routine and support steady progress.
Frequently asked questions
What issues does Vickie commonly help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles, plus related matters like chronic pain, cancer caregiving, and aging issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, sets clear goals with clients, and uses both person-centered listening and structured techniques to address thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 29 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds the LIMHP credential and practices in Nebraska.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and American Sign Language.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.