About LaVina
LaVina Weaver is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 20 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and big life changes. She works with concerns such as relationships, family issues, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career strain, bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, hospice and end-of-life questions, multicultural concerns, and seasonal affective disorder.
Her style is warm, patient, and accepting. She listens carefully and values the back-and-forth of conversation.
How LaVina works
Sessions are meant to feel practical and down-to-earth, with space to talk about beliefs, losses, or stressful events. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses Jungian and narrative approaches to look at personal stories, symbols, and meaning.
Mindfulness techniques are available to help with stress and sleep, and motivational interviewing can support change when someone feels stuck. LaVina blends life experience with formal training to shape each session. She focuses on simple, doable steps that help people move forward.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. People who reach out can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk through hard topics. LaVina supports cultural complexity and spiritual concerns as part of a person's whole story.
She aims to help people find clearer choices and small changes that add up.
LaVina lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What LaVina works with
The areas below are the ones LaVina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Multicultural concerns
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support
LaVina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns in their thoughts and behaviors and try small changes that reduce anxiety and low mood. She draws on Jungian ideas to look at personal stories, symbols, and deeper themes that shape how someone understands life events. Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach simple practices that reduce stress, improve sleep, and increase present-moment focus.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. LaVina will listen to a person's goals and preferences, discuss options, and adjust methods over time so the work fits each person's needs. She aims to combine practical techniques with meaning-focused work when that is helpful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging work well for shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, or when text is easier than talking. These options help people make therapy work around work, caregiving, or travel.
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