Valerie Goss(She/Her/Hers)

Valerie Goss is a Marriage and Family Therapist located in Los Altos, CA. Valerie specializes in helping clients answer the difficult questions that come with relationships, including familial relationships and romantic relationships. She supports clients as they decide whether to stay in a relationship or leave it. She also helps clients find comfort in the face of anxiety or depression, which often leaves them feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and disinterested in their own lives. Valerie helps clients make important decisions through reflection, introspection, and healthy perspectives.

Valerie’s approach to therapy with couples draws from the evidence-based couples therapy modality The Gottman Method. This therapy approach teaches clients how to relate to one another in healthy ways. Couples learn clear, strong communication strategies, as well as practice empathizing with one another. Through the expression and affirmation of feelings, couples’ bonds grow closer. Valerie also helps clients grow their understanding of their own feelings, thoughts, and desires. She listens with compassion as clients talk about their lives, offering them different viewpoints from which to see their situations. She doesn’t shy away from discussions about life’s greater questions, including reasons for living and humanity’s purpose.

Valerie earned a Master’s degree from John F. Kennedy University. She enjoys bringing the feminist lens to therapy sessions and working with clients of all identities, preferences, lifestyles, and situations. She strives to teach clients how to be compassionate with themselves, engaging in self-acceptance and forgiveness.