About Charlotte
Charlotte Schafer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with eight years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, and challenges with self‑esteem. She also supports clients facing trauma, grief, eating or sleeping struggles, and life changes.
Charlotte uses a straightforward, collaborative style. She listens first and then coaches practical skills to use between sessions. Sessions can include mindfulness exercises, behavior‑focused strategies, and values‑based goal setting.
How Charlotte works
She can also incorporate Christian‑based perspectives when a client prefers faith‑informed work. Charlotte trained at Liberty University, earning a Master of Arts in professional counseling after completing a Bachelor of Science in Christian counseling. She completed a residency at Counseling Alliance of Virginia in Charlottesville and later opened a small independent practice.
Her background mixes community clinic experience with independent practice skills. Her approach weaves several methods rather than relying on a single model. Clients can expect straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral work, skills for emotion regulation, and mindfulness practices to calm the body and steady attention.
She pays attention to attachment concerns, abandonment wounds, and symptoms like impulsivity or obsessive thinking. Sessions are aimed at real life changes: better sleep, improved coping, clearer priorities, and fewer disruptions from anxiety or mood swings. Charlotte keeps language plain and focuses on steps people can try right away.
Charlotte lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Charlotte works with
The areas below are the ones Charlotte selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are hard. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and making decisions that match personal priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on clear patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives concrete exercises to shift unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical tools for handling intense emotions, reducing impulsive behaviors, and improving emotion regulation.Working out which approach fits best is part of the early work. The therapist will listen to personal goals, try methods collaboratively, and adjust plans over time. Clients often use a blend of approaches so sessions match real needs rather than a single label.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a break, live chat supports shorter check‑ins, and text‑based messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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