Vicki Bonham, LMHC

Vicki Bonham is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She brings five years of clinical experience and more than 30 years working in education as a counselor and teacher. Vicki combines counseling, life coaching, and motivational speaking to support people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns.

She approaches sessions with respect, sensitivity, and warmth. Vicki adapts conversations and plans to match each person’s situation. She frames therapy as a collaborative effort and aims to empower clients to make changes they want.

Vicki works with a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. She also offers support around parenting, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Aging and geriatric issues are among the additional focus areas she lists.

Her clinical work draws on several therapy styles such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In practice she blends tools from these approaches to suit a person’s goals and strengths.

People who prefer a direct but compassionate counselor may find her style helpful. Vicki emphasizes practical steps, clearer communication, and building motivation. She encourages small, steady progress toward a more manageable day-to-day life.

Therapeutic approaches and remote care

Vicki draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy among other approaches. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values while learning to sit with difficult thoughts and feelings. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s own experience, using empathy and reflective listening to help people feel heard and make their own choices.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Vicki will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what helps.

The profile does not specify which online formats are used, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, or allow a quick check-in during a work break. They can also let someone focus on skill practice and real-life problem solving between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and client-centered methods to work in remote sessions, emphasizing practical tools and steady progress without promising a particular outcome.