About Virgen
Virgen Garcia Figueroa helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma. She also supports people dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and practices in Florida.
Virgen holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licenses LCSW-C and FL LCSW. Her approach is warm and interactive. She meets people where they are and uses reflective questions to guide conversation.
How Virgen works
Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and goals. She aims to create a respectful space where people can speak honestly. Virgen uses a mix of methods depending on the concern.
She draws on client-centered techniques to focus on the person's strengths and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers practical skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help adjusting habits, including substance use. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe their stories and find new meaning after trauma or loss. These tools are combined into a plan that fits each person's situation.
She has ten years of experience in clinical practice. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, clear goals, and choices about which strategies to try. Virgen invites people to take the next step when they feel ready.
Virgen lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Virgen works with
The areas below are the ones Virgen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's goals and strengths, with the therapist listening closely and following the client's lead to build trust and clarify priorities. This approach helps people who want a supportive, nonjudgmental space to work through emotions and make changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to stress, anxiety, and depression and teaches practical exercises to change those patterns. CBT works well online because exercises and homework can be shared and reviewed between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Online sessions can focus on skill teaching, role play, and practicing techniques that can be applied during daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then suggest options to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what works for the individual.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit care into a busy life and to use chosen techniques in real time.
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