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Vicki Lännerholm, PsyD (ABD), LPCC, LPC, NCC is a college psychology instructor, state-licensed and nationally certified psychotherapist, and author. She has several published books including "Therapeutic Reminders" and "Your Inner Dialogue" and in 2024 her first textbook "General Psychology: Applied" was published by Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Her career spans decades working on national initiatives in education, suicide prevention, workforce development, social service programs, and oversight of state behavioral health systems.
She was born and raised in Sweden but currently calls West Michigan home where she teaches and runs a private telehealth practice. She has two children and three grandchildren, enjoys summers paddleboarding and biking on the lakeshore, and winters watching her favorite hockey teams.
General Psychology - Applied (eBook). Lannerholm, V. (2024). Kendall Hunt Publishing, ISBN: 9798385133024
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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”. ~ Aristotle
Please reach out via email with inquiries about scheduling therapy or lectures at information@drvic.org.
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Psychotherapy & Counseling
- LPC/LPCC
- HSA accepted for MI and NM residents, all others self-pay only. Monthly statements provided for reimbursement purposes - check with your health insurance on coverage for out-of-network providers.
- Mental health conditions (DSM-5): assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Online video telehealth only.
EAP Services (Employee Assistance Programs)
- Solution-focused brief counseling to address immediate challenges facing an individual in the workplace, personally, or in work-life balance.
- 3-8 sessions.
- Telehealth video.
- LPC/LPCC
- Personal or work/related problems: substance use, professional development, stress management, coping or communication skills, prevention or response for emergency situations, critical incident debriefing, finance, grief processing, or referral for long-term mental health condition treatment.
- Email for more information and coverage.
Life Coaching & Professional Exec Coaching
Certification in Choice Theory and Reality Therapy models WDEP framework. The primary goal is to reconnect to what is meaningful both in your professional pursuits and personally. That involves three areas:
- Life Satisfaction. According to research "happiness" (subjective wellbeing - SWB and life satisfaction) often involve: pleasant, productive, and purposeful experiences.
- Needs. A sense of satisfaction is largely a product of met needs most of which involve unconscious and implicit drives. Categorically those can be summed up in 5 areas: life basics, belonging and connectedness, power and control (competence), freedom, and fun.
- Values. When we value something we protect and prioritize it and have an internal compass as to the quality and standard around what that means. Subsequently we often have boundaries to keep it safe. Unfortunately we can have a tendency to put the responsibility of upholding those boundaries on others only to land ourselves in frustration. Understanding those operations and using it as a baseline for daily organization and management, whether at home, in the workplace, or in professional relationships can keep us on track towards our goals.
We'll work to break these down into actionable items and strategize on the best course of action to meet your goals, which will include processing:
- Professional, career, health and wellness, and/or life goals.
- Mapping how to achieve them.
- Anticipating and navigating barriers, stressors, transitions, that may be a part of that journey.
- Clarifying role of values, boundaries, and how to meet needs for yourself and relative relationships.
- Psychoeducation to understand functions of body-brain-mind interactions towards a sense of control and well-being.
If you are in an executive leadership role, please email me so we can explore the best-fit approach for your field of work, level of responsibility, and vision.