Prof. Vanessa Costello
Practical counseling for life transitions and relationships
LPC Oklahoma
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Languages
- English
About Vanessa
Prof. Vanessa Costello brings a decade of clinical experience to her counseling work in Oklahoma.
Background and approach
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - with licenses in Arizona and Texas as well. Vanessa uses straightforward, respectful care to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Her sessions are practical and rooted in real-world strategies. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support shifts in readiness and Trauma-Focused Therapy when past hurts affect day-to-day life. Vanessa often helps people worried about relationships, intimacy, communication problems, and commitment concerns.
She also assists those coping with grief, caregiver stress, career crossroads, and midlife questions. Her approach addresses both feelings and the choices people make in response to them.
She frames counseling as a partnership. Vanessa aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can name goals and try different tools.
Sessions focus on small, manageable steps that can make daily life feel more steady. People can expect clear suggestions, practice assignments when useful, and room to talk through setbacks.
Vanessa works in English and accepts international clients, offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Vanessa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and social anxiety because it breaks problems into smaller, manageable steps.She also incorporates the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns and communication problems. The Gottman approach focuses on improving how people talk and reconnect, which can be practiced during video or phone sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Vanessa works with each person to weigh goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to focus on thinking patterns, trauma work, motivation, or relationship skills and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online formats add practical flexibility. Video calls let a therapist observe tone and expression, phone sessions can fit a short work break or require less bandwidth, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging makes it easier to reflect between sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and across time zones.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed in
Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona
Languages
English