About Charlotte
Charlotte Schafer is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Virginia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and relationship concerns. She speaks plain language and aims to make therapy feel doable for busy parents and adults. Her style is warm and practical, with straightforward tools you can use between sessions.
Charlotte trained in professional counseling after earning a Master of Arts in professional counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Christian counseling.
Background and approach
She completed a residency at a counseling center in Charlottesville and then opened a small independent practice. That mix of clinic and independent practice experience shapes how she meets people where they are. Her approach blends several methods so sessions fit each person.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on dialectical behavior and acceptance and commitment strategies to build coping skills and emotional balance. Mindfulness exercises and grounding work are common in sessions to reduce overwhelm and improve sleep and focus.
When a client prefers, she can include faith-based counseling elements as part of a broader plan. That option is offered alongside secular approaches rather than replacing them. Charlotte works with adult men and women, and with older adults, using a collaborative style.
She focuses on practical steps for managing symptoms like impulsivity, compulsions, anger, and low self-esteem. Sessions aim to create clearer choices and steadier daily routines.
Therapeutic approaches that translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values-based action. It helps people reduce struggle with painful thoughts and make choices that match what matters to them, useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It includes concrete exercises and homework for managing symptoms like worry, sleep problems, and low self-esteem.
Charlotte treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time. That collaborative process helps pinpoint what feels most helpful in daily life.
Online sessions can make consistent care easier. Video calls are good for working through interactive exercises and for face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share brief updates, get coping ideas between appointments, or fit therapy into short breaks. These options offer flexibility so therapy can match a busy schedule.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English