Dr. Velvalee Reid, LMFT

California · 40 years in practice

Dr. Velvalee Reid is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 40 years of clinical experience in California.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 23143 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1548231715 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Velvalee

Dr. Velvalee Reid is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 40 years of clinical experience in California. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related concerns.

Her style is calm and direct, focused on clear steps people can use between sessions. Dr. Reid believes people know their stories best and have strengths to build on.

She listens for patterns that get in the way, then offers practical ways to try something different.

Background and approach

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to emotions and behavior. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how feelings shape connection and safety in relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Hypnotherapy may be used when appropriate to support relaxation and habit change. Clients can expect a collaborative approach. Dr.

Reid helps set clear goals and checks progress together. She explains techniques simply and suggests short practices to try at home. Her work includes many kinds of life transitions such as aging and blended family concerns, addiction and recovery challenges, and coping after disasters.

She also addresses family of origin issues, codependency, guilt, shame, and impulse control in ways that fit each person’s situation.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Velvalee lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Self esteem
Coaching
Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Velvalee names

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Online support

How Emotion and Skill-Based Methods Work Online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions that shape relationship patterns and personal reactions. It is useful when feelings get in the way of connections or when people feel stuck in repeating cycles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers clear exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Reid will review goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past to select methods together. She typically blends emotion-focused work with CBT and mindfulness so clients get both insight and practical tools.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use facial cues and body language when needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a brief break. Live chat and text messaging provide short check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.

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Questions people ask

What issues does Dr. Reid help with?

She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and coaching needs.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her sessions are conversational and collaborative. She combines emotion-focused work with practical steps people can use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

Dr. Reid has forty years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and relationship challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds an LMFT credential and practices in California as a licensed marriage and family therapist.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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