Dr. Charity Rolfes, LCP

Dr. Charity Rolfes helps people facing worry, stress, grief, depression, trauma, and issues with identity or relationships. She sees people dealing with anxiety, eating concerns, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment, abandonment, body image, chronic illness, and neurodiversity-related concerns. Dr. Rolfes is identified as LCP and brings 25 years of clinical experience in Virginia.

Her style centers on a respectful and supportive therapeutic relationship. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through painful experiences. Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding patterns that keep problems repeating.

Dr. Rolfes uses several familiar approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), client-centered methods, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Jungian ideas, and mindfulness-based techniques. She adapts methods to match each person’s goals and preferences rather than applying a single formula.

In sessions she balances skill-building with exploration. That can mean practicing coping skills, testing new ways of thinking, and looking at deeper themes from a person’s past and meaning systems. Mindfulness and DBT strategies are used to manage intense feelings and reduce crisis moments.

She works with people from many backgrounds and identities and draws on long experience to tailor treatment to specific concerns. Dr. Rolfes invites prospective clients to consider their goals and to arrange an initial match and scheduling to begin work together.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Dr. Rolfes commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises and practice between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and eating concerns. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping people clarify their own goals and values to guide change.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT supplies concrete tools for managing intense feelings, tolerating distress, and improving communication, which can reduce crisis moments and improve day-to-day coping.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them over time so the work fits the person's life and aims.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill teaching and deeper discussion. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to send updates, practice skills between sessions, or get brief support without scheduling a full session. These options let people fit work into busy days and maintain continuity of care across locations.