About Virginia
Virginia Dickinson uses a practical, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - who draws on nearly a decade of experience. Her style is warm and interactive and aimed at making therapy feel doable for busy lives.
Virginia blends Client-Centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to help people spot patterns and try small changes.
How Virginia works
She also uses mindfulness to teach simple tools for calming the mind and staying present. Sessions are conversational and focused on what the client wants to change now. Her experience includes helping people cope with life changes, addiction concerns, intimacy-related issues, and challenges tied to identity including LGBT topics.
She also supports people facing sleep problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and work or career strain. Practical problem solving and short-term goals are often part of the plan. Virginia pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, body image, and blended family dynamics.
She offers straightforward guidance for handling anger, commitment worries, and the fallout from divorce or separation. Clients can expect sessions that pair empathy with concrete steps. With 9 years of clinical work in Colorado, she combines several approaches to match each person’s needs.
The focus is on collaboration - identifying what is working, what isn’t, and trying small, realistic changes that build over time.
Virginia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Virginia works with
The areas below are the ones Virginia 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person in ways that feel respectful and nonjudgmental. It helps people who want space to talk through feelings and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches simple tools to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches short practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus and can be a helpful addition for worry and grief.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Work is practical and goal-oriented while staying attentive to the client’s pace and values.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people use nonverbal cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text are good for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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