Dr. Darlene Anderson, LPC, LCMHC

Dr. Darlene Anderson is a Virginia-based counselor with 20 years of experience helping people navigate difficult transitions and persistent concerns. She holds the credentials LPC, which means Licensed Professional Counselor, and LCMHC, which means Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. Drawing on two decades of practice, she works with teens, adults, couples, and families to address a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related challenges, parenting issues, anger, career concerns, and bipolar disorder.

Her work also encompasses related areas such as abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and control issues, disruptive mood dysregulation, divorce and separation, and other family problems. She combines practical, goal-focused strategies with an emphasis on the person's values and lived experience, helping clients build skills for coping and healthier patterns over time.

Clinically she draws from client-centered principles alongside evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person's readiness for change, offering guidance that seeks to balance immediate relief with longer-term growth.

Throughout her practice Dr. Anderson emphasizes respect for each client's strengths and priorities and aims to support measurable progress toward the goals they set together.