Valerie Tate Psychotherapy

03/18/2026

Feeling grateful for the mental health benefits of yoga and the accessibility to amazing classes all over the world. 🌎 I woke up not in the mood to move yet knew that my Innerstate needed to shift to a centered, balanced and available state of being. New experiences and yet regular daily routines keep us balanced on multiple levels.

03/11/2026

I’m sharing a story of intuitive clues, lining up in rapid sequence.

A so-called stranger came by to pick up some consignment jewelry. she was from the same small town in Arkansas as someone close to me and comes from a long line of energy workers… and then she saw a rainbow out the window! 🌈

A reminder that intuition can appear in the most ordinary moments, quietly revealing something miraculous when we pay attention.

01/29/2026

If you had to choose one word to describe the essence of what each of your parents offered you, what would it be?

Not the traumas.
Not the conditioning.
Not the stories that unfolded.
But the deeper thread underneath it all…the core quality their soul brought into your life.

For me:
My Mom gave me faithfulness.
My Dad gave me optimism.

What are yours? 💛

01/18/2026

Cracking open to the self is a lifelong journey. Therapists have to do their inner work too!

01/16/2026

Discover your unique intuitive soul path. Episode 31

01/15/2026

In Minnesota visiting family. Feeling speechless about all that is happening in the warm connected city that I grew up in. Saying prayers for everyone who feels in danger for all of the reasons. I’m bringing my love and my light along with one of my nephews, Jackson 🐕 💗💔💜♥️💖💞💛💚

01/06/2026

I ended 2025 with a gift to myself. My son had gone back to school and I chose to reserve a place to stay by the ocean, to have a solo writing retreat. I said no to parties and people and yes to myself for deep reflection and inspired action.

I have always been good at finding wonderful homes and hotels around the world in my travels to stay. Yet it has most often been for myself and others (partners & friends). This one was solely for me. The moment I booked it, there was an immediate jolt of excitement like a feedback loop reward of caring for myself. And many other small gifts along the way, including my neighbor in a wetsuit inviting me to dive in with him (haven’t said yes yet…).

Tucked in a tiny community by the ocean I have been writing, having a few people come for short visits and following the thread of my creative thoughts.

My intuition book is taking shape and some exciting imagery started coming to me, as well as a new title inspired by a conversation.

I welcome submissions of intuitive stories you would like to share with me as anecdotes for my book. We learn through each other’s examples of brave steps in listening deeply to our intuition and also in the times when we ignore it and learn from it.

Please DM me:
⁃ Intuitive moments that you said yes to and what unfolded
⁃ A series of intuitive clues that came to you that led to a bigger decision
⁃ A moment when you ignored your intuition and what happened

Happy 2026! Excited to see how this mystery of life unfolds for us all.

12/19/2025

In exciting news, my son Jonah is very close to graduating with his Psychology degree and will be going to Grad School in the future.

We have been collaborating on some of my business needs including a summary of EMDR to send to prospective clients who want to learn more about how I work with it. I have been amazed at the synergy and ease of working together. He brings an intellectual and structural ability that compliments my flow nature. So much fun. 🤩 💫

If you want me to email you the PDF, send me a DM or email to val@valtate.com

11/18/2025

Intuition isn’t about predicting the future.
It’s about aligning with what’s true right now.
So much of our suffering comes from trying to force timelines, outcomes, or clarity before they’re ready. But authentic alignment lives in the present moment, not in the stories our fear imagines or the plans our mind tries to control.

Divine timing isn’t a cosmic schedule out there somewhere. It’s the deep surrender into this moment…the willingness to pause, listen, feel, and follow the next true step.

When we soften our grip, we begin to sense what’s actually unfolding beneath the noise.

A quiet pull.
A subtle “yes.”
A gentle boundary.
A truth we can finally hear.

This is where intuition lives, in the body, the breath, the now. And from that place, the path always reveals itself.

Trust the timing that arises when you are aligned with yourself. Trust the clarity that comes when you stop pushing. Trust that what’s meant for you won’t require force, only presence.

You don’t need to make anything happen.
You only need to be here for what is.

10/25/2025

What an incredible evening Singh Elizabeth Gilbert speak hosted by CIIS my graduate school! After deeply listening to her book, and then hearing her interviewed, she is incredibly honest in her humility and teaching. Feeling incredibly inspired, especially in my writing process to be transparent and real. One of the most profound statements I heard in graduate school was that they deeper the vulnerability the more universal the issue. The more depth we can share we connect with one another in community and our 💕 hearts expand 🌈. There were other incredible Intuitive clues leading to people we ran into in perfect timing and alignment that could not have been planned. Feeling blessed. Two therapists night on the town 🥰🙏🏻

10/21/2025

In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy spends her journey searching for a way home, only to discover she carried the power to return all along.

The ruby slippers were never about escape,
they were about remembrance. That she carried the power to return 🏡 to herself anytime.

In an intuitive reading exchange today,
the ruby slippers came up for me as a message, a reminder that everything I need is already within me, and that I can trust my current life unfoldings as they take shape in their own time.

Later that evening, I met with my colleague
Dr. Susanne Babbel and noticed she was wearing red slippers. Without realizing why, I had changed into red sandals in the car before coming into the restaurant.

These small intuitive clues often arrive as gentle affirmations that we’re aligned with our inner truth.

09/20/2025

More beautiful words….

That’s where the healing happens. In the listening…
(~from my book, ‘Humanifestations: On Trauma, Truth, and Transformation’)