- 35 years experience
- Christian counseling offered
- Focus on codependency
About Virginia
Virginia Hagen is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of experience. She brings a calm, straightforward manner to sessions and helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, grief, eating concerns, and addiction. She also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, sleep problems, and codependency concerns.
Her background includes five decades as a registered nurse and many years working in mental health settings. She ran a private practice in Crystal River, Florida for 10 years and has experience with custody matters and children with special needs, including ADHD. She also completed clinical pastoral education and holds a Certificate in Christian Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary.
In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space. She uses practical tools so clients can apply skills outside the therapy hour. Conversations focus on real-life problems and steps clients can try between sessions.
Her work draws on several approaches, including attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and emotionally focused methods. She combines these to fit each person’s goals rather than following a single formula.
Virginia frames therapy as a collaborative process. She encourages people to take one small step at a time and supports them through changes, losses, and difficult decisions. Her clinical and nursing background informs a down-to-earth approach to emotional healing.
How core approaches guide online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current bonds and trust. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. It uses clear, practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build different coping skills for anxiety, depression, sleep, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and work through painful emotions so they can respond differently in relationships and feel more secure.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adapting the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the session formats before booking so you know what is available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules require. It can also let people use video or audio options depending on what feels most comfortable and what works with their routine. Talk with the therapist about practical needs and scheduling so sessions support everyday life without adding extra stress.
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Experience
35+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with depression, anxiety, stress, grief, eating concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting stress, and codependency among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using empathic listening and skills-based suggestions so clients can try new strategies between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 35 years of professional experience and spent 50 years as a registered nurse before retiring from clinical nursing roles.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees handled and what is the cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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