Vicki Hart, LCSW

Licensed in California · 17 years in practice

Vicki Hart is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 17 years of practice to conversations about grief, stress, anxiety, and life transitions.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 14354 · expires August 2027
LCSW, New Mexico: SWB-2023-0242 · expires July 2026
NPI: 1740859065 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 17
Languages: English

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About Vicki

Vicki Hart is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 17 years of practice to conversations about grief, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She combines practical coaching with therapy-style support to help people manage work pressures, caregiver strain, and feelings of loss. Vicki writes and speaks about career growth and coping skills in plain, straightforward terms.

Her early work in a neuropsychology department involved cognitive testing for memory concerns. That clinical start led to roles in hospitals, research centers, and community settings where she taught stress management and developed programs for caregivers and people facing end-of-life issues.

Background and approach

She has also provided counseling and post-hospitalization aftercare in community settings. Vicki has international experience living and working in Japan, Singapore, and Germany. While overseas she helped military personnel and their families on Army bases with stress and trauma-related concerns.

Those experiences shaped her approach to cultural sensitivity and life-change interventions. Her practice blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. In coaching work she links personal goals to clear workplace outcomes, using questions and feedback to prompt change and action.

Vicki supports people who want calm, clearer priorities, and manageable steps forward. Vicki welcomes a first conversation to map goals and next steps. She works with people in New Mexico, California, and internationally, and offers a mix of coaching and therapeutic support depending on what a person needs.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Anger management
Depression
Compassion fatigue
Aging and geriatric issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Life purpose
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Vicki names

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Online support

Practical therapy approaches for online care

Vicki uses client-centered therapy to build a working relationship where the person's goals lead the work. This approach focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can clarify what matters most to them.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors and offers concrete techniques to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and cope with depression. CBT helps break down problems into small steps and practice new responses between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Vicki works collaboratively to match methods to each person's needs, goals, and preferences. She will try practical tools, then adjust based on what helps the person make progress and feel more in control.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video sessions let people use body language and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact between scheduled meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.

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Questions people ask

What issues does she commonly help with?

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, and compassion fatigue, plus career and life-change concerns.

What is her therapy style like?

Her approach is client-centered and practical, using cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques along with solution-focused strategies.

How much experience does she have?

She has 17 years of experience working in hospitals, research centers, and community settings, including international work.

What credentials and region are listed?

She is a licensed clinical social worker with CA LCSW and NM LCSW credentials and practices out of New Mexico.

Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as formats for online therapy and coaching.

How are costs handled for sessions?

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

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