Virginia Anderson

Virginia works with clients holistically to provide a non-judgmental and empathic space where, together, you can learn to navigate identities in a way that honors your complexity. She will approach your struggles, goals, and dreams with curiosity and compassion, rooted in her professional experience with queer-affirming, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive frameworks.

As a Black pansexual woman with lived experience in sex work and non-monogamy, she offers a unique perspective that can deeply resonate with folks in these communities, a connection that she honors and values highly in her work.

Her ultimate goal is to create a diverse, safe, and supportive space where clients can explore their identities and experiences with richness and reflection.

Virginia works with Tweens, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and elders. She specializes in various areas including abuse, addiction, ADHD and neurodivergence, anxiety, asexuality, aromanticism, grey, demi, ace spectrum, autism, body image issues, body dysmorphia, body neutrality and acceptance, bullying (including cyberbullying), burnout, cancer, cannabis use, children of religious leaders, chronic illness or pain, climate anxiety, romantic relationships (couple/marriage), cult survivor support, cultural resistance against systemic oppression, depression, gender identity and dysphoria, gender nonbinary and non-conforming individuals, gender-affirming care letter writing for transgender people, coping with grief or loss, issues faced by highly sensitive individuals, human trafficking, trauma counseling, immigrant rights, reintegration after incarceration, intercultural and interfaith relationships, intergenerational trauma and healing, LGBTQ+ identities, neurodivergence, perinatal support, political and climate stress, non-monogamous relationships, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pregnancy and postpartum care, racial and cultural identity, issues related to religious leaders, self-esteem, social anxiety, social communication, support for transgender individuals.

Her main focus areas include abolitionism, autistic rights, opposition to ABA, support for BDSM, kink, and polyamorous relationships, black liberation, decolonization, disability justice, ecological justice, fat liberation, providing gender-affirming care letters pro bono, advocating for gender-affirming care access, being knowledgeable about gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary individuals, supporting HIV rights, immigrant and indigenous rights, peer support, racial equity, sex positives, and allies for sex workers, and practices for spiritual healing and addressing trauma from religion.

Virginia's lived experiences include being African American/Canadian, autistic, cisgender, a person with disabilities, part of the LGBTQ+ community, and a child of migrants, and she has faced experiences such as foster care, homeschooling, and religious extremism. She possesses cultural knowledge across diverse communities, including African American, Arab, Asian Pacific Islander, bicultural/multicultural groups, multiracial individuals, blind communities, Caribbean cultures, various African and Latin American cultures, and Indigenous cultures.

Virginia employs techniques such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), integration astrology, attachment theory, autistic-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), compassion-focused therapy, culturally responsive therapy, feminist therapy, group therapy, humanistic approaches, parts work, person-centered therapy, poetry or writing therapies, psychodynamic therapy, relational therapy, solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), somatic therapies, spiritual healing practices, strength-based approaches, and trauma-informed therapy.

Throughout her internship, her professional growth and clinical practice is under the direct supervision and guidance of Anim Aweh, LICSW (She/Her).