Virginia Hagen, LMHC
Gentle, experienced counselor for parenting and life changes
Book with Virginia- Years in practice
- 35
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Virginia
Virginia Hagen is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 35 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating concerns, addictions, and parenting struggles. She also supports people facing trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, and changes such as divorce or caregiving responsibilities.
She trained as a registered nurse and worked in mental health settings for decades before retiring from nursing. That background shaped a practical approach to care.
Background and approach
She also ran a independent practice in Crystal River, Florida for 10 years and has experience addressing custody and court-related matters for children. Virginia blends client-centered listening with structured methods. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationships, cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful patterns, and techniques from emotionally-focused and dialectical approaches to manage emotion and connection.
She aims to teach skills people can keep using after sessions end. Her work includes supporting people with ADHD, compassion fatigue, bipolar concerns, body image, codependency, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. She also includes Christian counseling for those who request faith-informed guidance, and she completed a Certificate in Christian Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What Virginia works with
Everything Virginia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Virginia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Virginia lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people give and receive care. It helps when relationship patterns create repeated conflict or distance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many stress-related concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify core emotions and improve emotional connection in their closest relationships, which can be useful for intimacy and communication struggles.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and daily challenges, then suggest methods to try. That decision is collaborative and may shift as you learn what helps most in your life.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow a fuller conversational experience. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can fit brief updates, coaching-style check-ins, or times when typing feels easier. These options help people fit care into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Virginia
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating concerns, addictions, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style blends warm, client-centered listening with practical tools. She combines attachment-based thinking and cognitive behavioral exercises to help people change patterns and manage emotions.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 35 years of professional experience, including long work in mental health settings and a decade in independent practice.
What credentials and where is she located?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with your location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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