Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello and welcome. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the Virginia. My wife and I have been married for over 40 years, and we have two adult children and a grandchild. I worked for over 35 years in psychiatric hospitals and a community-based mental health and substance abuse settings. Throughout my professional career, I have offered counseling with individuals, couples, and families, helping them to overcome their struggles (serious and persistent mental illnesses, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and addiction, marital and parenting issues, religious issues, trauma, grief and loss). My background in pastoral ministry spans over 40 years, with 16 of those being as an ordained minister. In addition to my master’s degree in Counseling I hold a master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry.
Over the years I have worked with clients from all walks of life. I’ve had clients from all faiths (and no faith) backgrounds, straight and LBGTQIA, children, teens, adults, parents, grandparents, and people in Hospice and their families.
I believe that you are the expert of your life. I will help you find ways to utilize your strength to overcome your struggles and move you from your current situation to where you want to be. If a faith tradition has been important to you, I am comfortable exploring those resources with you to help you achieve your goals in counseling.
I believe that life is about change, and real change in one’s life can start in the therapy session. If I can assist you in making the changes you need in your life, then I have been successful as a counselor. You can do this. You can feel better and achieve your goals. I’m looking forward to helping you do so.
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Lawrence Matheny is a licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist practicing in Virginia. He brings 34 years of clinical experience to his work and is licensed in Virginia as a professional counselor and as a marriage and family therapist (VA LPC 0701002520; VA LMFT 0717000741).
He and his wife have been married for more than 40 years and are parents of two adult children and grandparents to one grandchild. Those personal ties to family life inform his work with couples, parents, and multigenerational concerns.
Throughout his career he spent more than three decades working in psychiatric hospitals and in community-based mental health and substance abuse settings. He has provided counseling to individuals, couples, and families addressing serious and persistent mental illnesses, depression, anxiety, substance use and addiction, marital and parenting challenges, religious questions, trauma, grief and loss, and related concerns.
His background in pastoral ministry spans over 40 years, including 16 years serving as an ordained minister. He holds a master’s degree in Counseling and a master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry.
He has worked with people from a wide range of backgrounds and life situations: those of various faith traditions and those without faith, heterosexual and LGBTQIA clients, children, teens, adults, parents, grandparents, and people receiving hospice care and their families. He views clients as the experts of their own lives and focuses on helping them draw on their strengths to move from their current circumstances toward their goals. When faith has been important in a client’s life, he is comfortable integrating those resources into the work.
He believes meaningful change can begin in the therapy session. Helping clients make the changes they need is how he measures success, and he is committed to supporting clients as they work to feel better and reach their goals.
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