Menzo Faassen, LPC

Menzo Faassen is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia with 24 years of clinical experience. He focuses on problems like depression, addiction, trauma, grief, anxiety, anger, and stress. Menzo also works with issues around identity, attachment, and sleep, and supports people facing career strain and life transitions.

He draws on client-centered work and structured methods to help people notice patterns and try different behaviors. Sessions include practical skills for handling anger, panic, and difficult moods. Menzo uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to break down problems into manageable steps.

Menzo also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to clarify goals and build momentum. He helps people with relationship patterns, family of origin questions, and complications from addiction or mood disorders. Conversations aim to make daily choices feel more workable, not vague or mysterious.

His practice attends to issues sometimes linked to shame, isolation, and complex histories such as adoption, abandonment, or military life. He names specific behaviors and steps to try, like role work borrowed from psychodrama to practice conversations or shift unhelpful reactions. That approach can make new options feel more familiar.

Menzo keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented while allowing space to process loss and trauma. He works in English and practices in Virginia. Before booking, confirm the current session options and how they fit your schedule.

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