Codependency Therapists in Charlottesville, VA
Life can feel really overwhelming, especially when you've learned to survive by being agreeable, accommodating, or putting others first. I am here to tell you that you don't have to keep choosing yourself last. Many of the people I work with are kind, thoughtful, and capable, yet feel worn down by patterns of being misunderstood, taken advantage of, or disconnected from their own needs. You may feel like your niceness has been mistaken for weakness, or that parts of who you truly are had to stay hidden to stay safe.
Life can feel really overwhelming, especially when you've learned to survive by being agreeable, accommodating, or putting others first. I am here to tell you that you don't have to keep choosing yourself last. Many of the people I work with are kind, thoughtful, and capable, yet feel worn down by patterns of being misunderstood, taken advantage of, or disconnected from their own needs. You may feel like your niceness has been mistaken for weakness, or that parts of who you truly are had to stay hidden to stay safe.
My hope is to assist you in transforming those painful, self limiting beliefs and old patterns into realistic and affirming ones. The process I most often use incorporates bi-lateral stimulation of the brain. This is a simple technique that often has profound results. It has been shown to move client's very quickly towards the core healing which is central to lasting results. One of the key benefits of this therapy is the ability to approach new situations /people with creativity, clarity, and new problem solving techniques. This often occurs spontaneously as part of the process.
My hope is to assist you in transforming those painful, self limiting beliefs and old patterns into realistic and affirming ones. The process I most often use incorporates bi-lateral stimulation of the brain. This is a simple technique that often has profound results. It has been shown to move client's very quickly towards the core healing which is central to lasting results. One of the key benefits of this therapy is the ability to approach new situations /people with creativity, clarity, and new problem solving techniques. This often occurs spontaneously as part of the process.
Everyone struggles from time to time - what's important is how we respond to the struggle. I believe struggle turns to suffering when we refuse to accept what we cannot change or when we passively accept what can be changed. In my practice I help people learn to avoid suffering by changing the things they can and accepting the things they can't change. Using a variety of skills and techniques, I help people learn how to thrive - even in the face of struggle - while being true to themselves and effective in their interactions with others.
Everyone struggles from time to time - what's important is how we respond to the struggle. I believe struggle turns to suffering when we refuse to accept what we cannot change or when we passively accept what can be changed. In my practice I help people learn to avoid suffering by changing the things they can and accepting the things they can't change. Using a variety of skills and techniques, I help people learn how to thrive - even in the face of struggle - while being true to themselves and effective in their interactions with others.
Welcome! I work with individuals & couples who are seeking deeper connections in their relationships with themselves and others. We may be a good fit if you're feeling lost, untethered, and second-guessing your trust in yourself or others. If you’ve had painful experiences in relationships and are unsure how to move forward, you can find insight and clarity here as you learn how to better understand your patterns and build more secure, connected relationships.
Welcome! I work with individuals & couples who are seeking deeper connections in their relationships with themselves and others. We may be a good fit if you're feeling lost, untethered, and second-guessing your trust in yourself or others. If you’ve had painful experiences in relationships and are unsure how to move forward, you can find insight and clarity here as you learn how to better understand your patterns and build more secure, connected relationships.
Jennifer Senator
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
3 Endorsed
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Waitlist for new clients
I work with women across the lifespan, supporting them through major life transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and the college years. I have advanced training in Perinatal Mental Health and Mood Disorders and work closely with new and expecting moms navigating postpartum anxiety, overwhelm, perfectionism, and the identity shifts of early parenthood. I also support women in midlife who are managing perimenopause, mood changes, caregiving, and the mental load of daily life. Additionally, I work with college students and young adults facing anxiety, depression, academic stress, and uncertainty about their path.
I work with women across the lifespan, supporting them through major life transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and the college years. I have advanced training in Perinatal Mental Health and Mood Disorders and work closely with new and expecting moms navigating postpartum anxiety, overwhelm, perfectionism, and the identity shifts of early parenthood. I also support women in midlife who are managing perimenopause, mood changes, caregiving, and the mental load of daily life. Additionally, I work with college students and young adults facing anxiety, depression, academic stress, and uncertainty about their path.
Beginning therapy is a powerful step toward caring for yourself, and I feel honored to walk alongside clients as they navigate both challenges and growth. My goal as a Licensed Professional Counselor is to create a space where you feel safe, supported, and truly heard. I believe therapy works best when it is collaborative, and I tailor my approach to meet your individual needs. I enjoy working with adults at all stages of life, and I have a passion for working with college-aged students and young professionals as they navigate transitions and personal growth.
Beginning therapy is a powerful step toward caring for yourself, and I feel honored to walk alongside clients as they navigate both challenges and growth. My goal as a Licensed Professional Counselor is to create a space where you feel safe, supported, and truly heard. I believe therapy works best when it is collaborative, and I tailor my approach to meet your individual needs. I enjoy working with adults at all stages of life, and I have a passion for working with college-aged students and young professionals as they navigate transitions and personal growth.
I find particular fulfillment in working with clients who are facing substance use challenges and have not yet engaged in recovery or explored treatment options. These individuals often bring a raw honesty and openness that allows for meaningful exploration and growth.
With approximately 35 years of experience, I’ve worked with a wide range of clients—including teens, adults, and older adults.
I genuinely enjoy meeting new people and getting to know their stories. I offer a warm, welcoming presence and strive to be a thoughtful listener. I believe in the resilience of the human spirit and the power of connection in fostering change
I find particular fulfillment in working with clients who are facing substance use challenges and have not yet engaged in recovery or explored treatment options. These individuals often bring a raw honesty and openness that allows for meaningful exploration and growth.
With approximately 35 years of experience, I’ve worked with a wide range of clients—including teens, adults, and older adults.
I genuinely enjoy meeting new people and getting to know their stories. I offer a warm, welcoming presence and strive to be a thoughtful listener. I believe in the resilience of the human spirit and the power of connection in fostering change
It's hard for anyone to talk about personal issues. Anyone brave enough to do this launches themselves into a life giving process that increases the possibilities of their lives forever. It brings about unbelievable changes opening possibilities never thought of. It's hard work. It's scary. But it teaches one to live effectively with what life has brought and create changes that enhance the life that is. It's a journey into the good and the bad that takes a person to new heights. It's an exploration that creates love and light in a life.
It's hard for anyone to talk about personal issues. Anyone brave enough to do this launches themselves into a life giving process that increases the possibilities of their lives forever. It brings about unbelievable changes opening possibilities never thought of. It's hard work. It's scary. But it teaches one to live effectively with what life has brought and create changes that enhance the life that is. It's a journey into the good and the bad that takes a person to new heights. It's an exploration that creates love and light in a life.
Virginia Center for Family Relations, pc
Marriage & Family Therapist, LCSW, LPC, LMFT
Charlottesville, VA 22901
When looking for a therapist, ask someone who knows the reputation of the therapists in this area. Ask a friend, a family doctor, a pastor, or a professional. They know the best therapist in the area. Don't pick a therapist based solely on what the therapist has written about themselves or on price. This is your life; it's your marriage or your family. 90% of our clients come from "word of mouth". We maintain a respected reputation due to the staff's professional skills and therapeutic effectiveness & reliability - we've been here since 1986.
When looking for a therapist, ask someone who knows the reputation of the therapists in this area. Ask a friend, a family doctor, a pastor, or a professional. They know the best therapist in the area. Don't pick a therapist based solely on what the therapist has written about themselves or on price. This is your life; it's your marriage or your family. 90% of our clients come from "word of mouth". We maintain a respected reputation due to the staff's professional skills and therapeutic effectiveness & reliability - we've been here since 1986.
I believe in the human spirit and our capacity to make positive changes in all aspects of our lives, even in the face of adversity. By exploring our thought patterns, we can better identify feelings that affect our actions on a daily basis. We can then make effective changes that improve the quality of our lives, decreasing stress, anxiety, and depression and providing us with a more peaceful and joyful life. I also believe in the benefit of human interaction with other loving creatures; you will meet my little Yorkie-Poo therapy partner, Mojo, when you come to visit me. He loves children and adults.
I believe in the human spirit and our capacity to make positive changes in all aspects of our lives, even in the face of adversity. By exploring our thought patterns, we can better identify feelings that affect our actions on a daily basis. We can then make effective changes that improve the quality of our lives, decreasing stress, anxiety, and depression and providing us with a more peaceful and joyful life. I also believe in the benefit of human interaction with other loving creatures; you will meet my little Yorkie-Poo therapy partner, Mojo, when you come to visit me. He loves children and adults.
You may be longing to feel more at peace with yourself and your life. Maybe you're ready to build confidence, reduce anxiety, or ease the weight of depression and past trauma. You might be seeking clarity in relationships or noticing patterns of putting others first while neglecting your own needs. In therapy, I offer a safe, supportive space for healing, self-discovery, and growth. Using evidence-based approaches, we’ll build coping skills, process difficult experiences, and help you feel more grounded and empowered. You don’t have to carry this alone; support is here.
You may be longing to feel more at peace with yourself and your life. Maybe you're ready to build confidence, reduce anxiety, or ease the weight of depression and past trauma. You might be seeking clarity in relationships or noticing patterns of putting others first while neglecting your own needs. In therapy, I offer a safe, supportive space for healing, self-discovery, and growth. Using evidence-based approaches, we’ll build coping skills, process difficult experiences, and help you feel more grounded and empowered. You don’t have to carry this alone; support is here.
Through a holistic and integrative approach I support individuals and families to navigate the unique challenges that life has unfolded for them. Whether our work takes place in my office or out in nature, I help my clients identify, cultivate and nourish their strengths and resources. Through our work my clients deepen their connection to themselves, others and the natural world. As these connections grow I support my clients to uncover limiting patterns that inhibit their relationships, creativity and happiness so they can nourish new ways of moving and relating in the world that support authenticity, ease, and joy.
Through a holistic and integrative approach I support individuals and families to navigate the unique challenges that life has unfolded for them. Whether our work takes place in my office or out in nature, I help my clients identify, cultivate and nourish their strengths and resources. Through our work my clients deepen their connection to themselves, others and the natural world. As these connections grow I support my clients to uncover limiting patterns that inhibit their relationships, creativity and happiness so they can nourish new ways of moving and relating in the world that support authenticity, ease, and joy.
You're a couple who's lost connection—sexually, emotionally, or both. Maybe you've stopped being intimate and don't know how to start again. Maybe one of you wants sex and the other doesn't. Maybe infidelity broke trust and you're trying to rebuild. You can't talk about sex without fighting, or maybe you don't talk about it at all. As an individual man, maybe you're dealing with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or performance anxiety that's affecting your confidence and relationships. You're tired of the shame, the distance, the feeling that something's broken.
You're a couple who's lost connection—sexually, emotionally, or both. Maybe you've stopped being intimate and don't know how to start again. Maybe one of you wants sex and the other doesn't. Maybe infidelity broke trust and you're trying to rebuild. You can't talk about sex without fighting, or maybe you don't talk about it at all. As an individual man, maybe you're dealing with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or performance anxiety that's affecting your confidence and relationships. You're tired of the shame, the distance, the feeling that something's broken.
I work with adults who are experiencing a range of issues including challenging life transitions, self-identity, anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck or overwhelmed. I also focus on parenting and relationship stressors. I give clients a supportive place to unpack uncertainties, and to feel heard in order to develop clarity and confidence. I am most excited to work with young parents who are navigating some of life's most challenging transitions including their identity as a parent and as a couple in their work lives and in their larger families.
I work with adults who are experiencing a range of issues including challenging life transitions, self-identity, anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck or overwhelmed. I also focus on parenting and relationship stressors. I give clients a supportive place to unpack uncertainties, and to feel heard in order to develop clarity and confidence. I am most excited to work with young parents who are navigating some of life's most challenging transitions including their identity as a parent and as a couple in their work lives and in their larger families.
Life can be challenging, but support is here. I’m Leah, a therapist who brings compassion, warmth, and authenticity to every session. I work with clients of all ages, creating a safe space where you feel heard, valued, and empowered to navigate life’s ups and downs. I believe in fostering connection, joy, and personal growth throughout the therapeutic journey. To make support accessible and flexible, I offer virtual sessions so you can receive care from the comfort of your own space.
Life can be challenging, but support is here. I’m Leah, a therapist who brings compassion, warmth, and authenticity to every session. I work with clients of all ages, creating a safe space where you feel heard, valued, and empowered to navigate life’s ups and downs. I believe in fostering connection, joy, and personal growth throughout the therapeutic journey. To make support accessible and flexible, I offer virtual sessions so you can receive care from the comfort of your own space.
Hello! I am a person centered, trauma informed and strengths based counselor who loves working with children, teens, and adults who are feeling stuck or are struggling with life's challenges. I believe that we are all connected and through healthy relationships and attachments we can heal and become a more authentic version of ourselves. I bring a warm, creative, empathetic and non-judgemental approach to therapy.
Hello! I am a person centered, trauma informed and strengths based counselor who loves working with children, teens, and adults who are feeling stuck or are struggling with life's challenges. I believe that we are all connected and through healthy relationships and attachments we can heal and become a more authentic version of ourselves. I bring a warm, creative, empathetic and non-judgemental approach to therapy.
Sara La Force
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Waitlist for new clients
Hello and Welcome! I specialize in treating adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relational strain, depression, substance use, and life transitions. Choosing to engage in therapy is a potentially life changing choice and I would love to help you on your path. All individuals deserve a space to be accurately heard and a place to gain insight into the life patterns that have caused them instability and pain. I deeply believe in therapy as a joint and transformative space that can lead people to develop new skills and to discover their unique internal capacity to connect, heal, and thrive.
Hello and Welcome! I specialize in treating adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relational strain, depression, substance use, and life transitions. Choosing to engage in therapy is a potentially life changing choice and I would love to help you on your path. All individuals deserve a space to be accurately heard and a place to gain insight into the life patterns that have caused them instability and pain. I deeply believe in therapy as a joint and transformative space that can lead people to develop new skills and to discover their unique internal capacity to connect, heal, and thrive.
I work with people struggling to resolve feelings of anxiety or sadness, or those who find that relationship challenges seem to keep repeating themselves. Together we embark on a journey of discovery to identify and understand the patterns operating below awareness that inform expectations, and color perceptions. Whether working with adults, adolescents, couples or caregivers, I believe therapy should be an engaging and dynamic process where all thoughts and feelings are welcomed. Healing occurs when we allow ourselves the freedom to express the scope of our emotions, and my sessions are as likely to include laughter as tears.
I work with people struggling to resolve feelings of anxiety or sadness, or those who find that relationship challenges seem to keep repeating themselves. Together we embark on a journey of discovery to identify and understand the patterns operating below awareness that inform expectations, and color perceptions. Whether working with adults, adolescents, couples or caregivers, I believe therapy should be an engaging and dynamic process where all thoughts and feelings are welcomed. Healing occurs when we allow ourselves the freedom to express the scope of our emotions, and my sessions are as likely to include laughter as tears.
My specialties include self-doubt and low self-esteem, anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance abuse, codependency, family dynamics and difficulties connecting in relationships.
As a counselor, I understand that trauma occurs at any age, in many different forms. It can be overt, in the case of physical abuse and death; ambiguous, in the form of divorce, break-ups, peer pressure, bullying and the impact of social media. It can also be entirely hidden from our consciousness. Counseling is a way to approach and connect with trauma in a safe place. It is a way to help yourself heal.
My specialties include self-doubt and low self-esteem, anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance abuse, codependency, family dynamics and difficulties connecting in relationships.
As a counselor, I understand that trauma occurs at any age, in many different forms. It can be overt, in the case of physical abuse and death; ambiguous, in the form of divorce, break-ups, peer pressure, bullying and the impact of social media. It can also be entirely hidden from our consciousness. Counseling is a way to approach and connect with trauma in a safe place. It is a way to help yourself heal.
You look like you’re holding it together — but inside, it feels heavy. Maybe you’re overwhelmed, anxious, burned out, or stuck in patterns that won’t change. You manage life on the outside, yet something feels off. I work with people ready for clarity, relief, and real growth. Therapy isn’t about fixing you — you’re not broken. It’s about understanding yourself deeply, building practical tools, and creating meaningful change so life feels lighter, steadier, and authentically yours.
You look like you’re holding it together — but inside, it feels heavy. Maybe you’re overwhelmed, anxious, burned out, or stuck in patterns that won’t change. You manage life on the outside, yet something feels off. I work with people ready for clarity, relief, and real growth. Therapy isn’t about fixing you — you’re not broken. It’s about understanding yourself deeply, building practical tools, and creating meaningful change so life feels lighter, steadier, and authentically yours.
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Codependency Therapists
What therapy types help with codependency problems?
Both couples and family therapy and cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) can help with the relationship difficulties referred to as codependency. Such problems typically include inappropriate feelings of responsibility for a loved one’s destructive behavior, irrational patterns of thinking about such behavior, and family interaction patterns in which the needs of one troubled member override the needs of others in a household.
What happens in therapy for codependency?
Spouses and family members learn and practice how to interact and support each other in a healthy way without sacrificing their own needs or well-being. They learn the limits of their responsibility for their loved ones and correct faulty patterns of thinking and feeling that underlie codependent behavior. Individuals may be encouraged to nurture an array of social relationships and to cultivate their own talents and interests so that they develop a healthy sense of self outside the family.
How does therapy help a person or couple overcome codependency?
Therapy helps people establish healthy ways of being in a relationship. Spouses and family members learn how to nurture and support one another without sacrificing their own needs or allowing the needs of one person to dominate the dynamic. Individuals learn how to say no and set boundaries, and how to maintain their own identity and self-esteem. Therapy helps people understand that they are not responsible for the feelings and actions of others. It also helps individuals deal with the turbulence that can come from living with a person suffering from such conditions as substance abuse and mental illness.
What is the goal of therapy for codependency?
One goal of therapy for codependency is to alleviate feelings of responsibility for and correct irrational patterns of thinking about loved ones whose behavioral problems override the needs of others in a household. Therapy helps people establish healthy boundaries of behavior and speak up for their own needs in a relationship. In addition, people learn how to maintain a healthy relationship, one in which both parties give and receive equally and are able to retain their own identity.