Virginia Hagen, LMHC

Virginia Hagen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 35 years of professional experience. She helps people cope with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, eating concerns, and addictions. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy difficulties, parenting strain, and the emotional effects of chronic illness and caregiving.

Before focusing on counseling, she worked as a registered nurse for 50 years and has experience across mental health settings. That background includes in-patient and out-patient work, a private practice in Crystal River, and many years supporting families and children with special needs and ADHD. She has experience with custody issues and has provided testimony in court on behalf of children.

Virginia combines clinical approaches in straightforward ways. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, client-centered listening to understand each person's priorities, and practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense feelings and behaviors. Emotionally-focused techniques help when relationships and closeness are the main concern.

She also completed a Certificate in Christian Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and served as a hospital chaplain intern during Clinical Pastoral Education at UF Health Shands Hospital. Those experiences inform how she integrates spiritual values when clients want that element included.

Virginia aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can name what is hard and learn skills they can use long term. She encourages small steps and works collaboratively on goals that matter to each person.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people change those patterns to build safer, closer relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace, making room for their values and goals rather than imposing a plan. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches clear strategies to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and goals, and they will decide collaboratively which methods to try first. That shared planning helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for different check-in styles such as a focused brief session or a longer conversation when needed. Many people find it easier to practice in-the-moment strategies between sessions, and the therapist can suggest practical homework and coping tools that fit the client's routine.