About Virginia
Virginia Vary is a licensed social worker with 35 years of counseling experience. She helps people who are stressed or anxious, and those facing grief, trauma, or life changes. Her work also includes support for addictions, LGBT concerns, and self-esteem struggles.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on the problems you want to change and small steps you can take. Virginia aims to make the room feel calm and nonjudgmental so people can speak honestly about hard things.
Background and approach
Her background includes many years helping adults recover from trauma and cope with loss. She has also supported people managing chronic illness, cancer, aging concerns, and end-of-life matters. First responder issues, gender dysphoria, and HIV/AIDS are among her additional focus areas.
Virginia uses approaches that fit each person. She draws on methods that teach skills for handling difficult thoughts and feelings and that strengthen everyday coping. Sessions often include practical exercises, new ways of looking at problems, and steps to try between meetings.
People who prefer to work remotely can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works from Michigan and holds the LMSW credential, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small, committed steps to build a life that matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. That conversation guides which methods are used and how sessions are structured, so treatment fits the individual's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access. Video allows face-to-face discussion and exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can be helpful for quick updates, reminders, or between-session support to practice skills in daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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