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Virginia Hagen, LMHC

  • Experience35 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Virginia

Virginia Hagen is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of clinical experience who supports people navigating anxiety, depression, grief, family conflict, eating concerns, addictions, and other life challenges.

Background and approach

She draws on a long career that includes nursing practice, work in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, a decade running a independent practice in Crystal River, Florida, and extensive experience with families and children who have special needs and ADHD.

Her background also includes testimony in custody matters and a period of service as a hospital chaplain intern after completing clinical pastoral education. She integrates psychotherapeutic methods with a client-centered attitude, helping people explore patterns, develop coping skills, and strengthen relationships.

Virginia emphasizes creating an open nonjudgmental space where emotions and thoughts can be explored, and she offers practical tools intended for long-term use. Her training includes coursework in Christian studies and ordination in ministry, and she sometimes weaves clients' spiritual perspectives into therapy when appropriate.

With an emphasis on collaboration and skill-building, she encourages each person to take the first steps toward change at a pace that feels manageable.

Integrating therapeutic approaches through online care

Virginia uses Internal Family Systems to help clients explore inner parts of themselves, identifying protective roles and wounded parts so people can gain self-leadership and transform internal conflicts. Attachment-Based Therapy is offered to examine relationship patterns and early bonds, which can clarify how current relationships and emotional responses developed and what can be changed to improve connection.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, adapting methods over time and combining approaches when that best serves the client's progress and comfort level.

Online therapy with Virginia is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These formats allow ongoing work on coping skills, emotion regulation, and relational issues while fitting therapy into a busy life and helping maintain continuity between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating concerns, addictions, relationship and family conflicts, trauma, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career matters, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, combining client-centered care with tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based approaches, and Internal Family Systems to help clients explore patterns and build practical skills.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has practiced for 35 years, including roles in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, ten years in independent practice, nursing experience, and work with families and children with special needs and ADHD.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LMHC in Florida with license number FL LMHC MH4267 and is based in Florida.
Does she work with non-English speakers or clients abroad?
She conducts therapy in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

35+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English