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Lawrence Matheny

VA LPC 0701002520, VA LMFT 0717000741
Credentials
VA LPC 0701002520, VA LMFT 0717000741
NPI Number
1396837613
Location
Virginia
Languages
English
Lawrence Matheny

Accepting new clients

34 years experience
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About Lawrence Matheny

Hello and welcome. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the Virginia. My wife and I have been married for over 40 years, and we have two adult children and a grandchild. I worked for over 35 years in psychiatric hospitals and a community-based mental health and substance abuse settings. Throughout my professional career, I have offered counseling with individuals, couples, and families, helping them to overcome their struggles (serious and persistent mental illnesses, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and addiction, marital and parenting issues, religious issues, trauma, grief and loss). My background in pastoral ministry spans over 40 years, with 16 of those being as an ordained minister. In addition to my master’s degree in Counseling I hold a master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry.
Over the years I have worked with clients from all walks of life. I’ve had clients from all faiths (and no faith) backgrounds, straight and LBGTQIA, children, teens, adults, parents, grandparents, and people in Hospice and their families.
I believe that you are the expert of your life. I will help you find ways to utilize your strength to overcome your struggles and move you from your current situation to where you want to be. If a faith tradition has been important to you, I am comfortable exploring those resources with you to help you achieve your goals in counseling.
I believe that life is about change, and real change in one’s life can start in the therapy session. If I can assist you in making the changes you need in your life, then I have been successful as a counselor. You can do this. You can feel better and achieve your goals. I’m looking forward to helping you do so.

Licenses

LPC
0701002520
LMFT
0717000741

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Autism and Asperger Syndrome
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Codependency
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Family of origin issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Post-traumatic stress

Clinical Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Just simply put, Lawrence is a great guy and therapist. He’s helping my partner and I thru very difficult PTSD and Trauma we’ve both experienced in our past to help guide our future in the relationship to be more understanding and have better boundaries. He really gives great advice and tools to use to help us communicate amongst ourselves more healthily and productively.”

“Joining Regain and finding Lawrence as our therapist was the saving grace for my relationship with my boyfriend and I. We love each other so very much but have had so much tauma in our past that left us hesitant to communicate, trust and let down our walls. Our love was so strong and pure we knew there had to be a way to see each other's points of view. It is through Lawrence's guided communication techniques and metaphors that leaves us feeling understood, not broken. Accepted, not rejected. Ending each session understanding each other more and more is so contagious and infectious it really makes it easy to make our relationship and ourselves, as individuals, as priority. <br /> The pricing is great as well. Affordable therapy let alone couples therapy not covered by insurance is so hard to find. The availability of telehealth and the affordability makes Regain a no brainer decision for us! So happy we made the commitment. Thank you Lawrence Matheny and Regain!”

“My partner and I have had a few sessions with Larry, and we really like him. Sometimes you have to shop around for a good therapist, but we were very lucky in finding him. He’s very knowledgeable and has many years of experience. We feel comfortable talking to him and that we’re heard and understood.”

“He is very nice and sweet and is a very good listener as well as someone who can help you come up with ways to help you with your anxiety. I highly recommend Lawrence to anyone and everyone.”

“Our therapy with Larry was very informative and he gave us great, practical tools to resolve our issues and understand each other's points of view.”

“Lawrence is a great therapist and has helped me a lot. I have been struggling with many things and he is a kind and thoughtful listener who provides good counsel.”

“I'm not sure what to say. My therapist is more helpful than I can express. He tells me like it is and does not mistreat me. He is kind even when I am most frustrated and I'm blessed by the Power of God he continues to display each meeting. Thank you Lawrence Matheny for your support during this difficult time. God bless you”

“He is extremely helpful and teaches different exercises to help cope that works!”

“Lawrence was very helpful when it came to reassuring me that my reactions to some unfortunate news was normal. He also provided many options to help me deal with these reactions. I would recommend him to others.”

“Lawrence is a fantastic help, he is knowledgeable, and empathetic.”

“Lawrence is a very kind soul. I appreciate his listening skills as well as his wisdom.”

“I finally got married and my therapist helped me through the anxiety I have had most all my life. Thank you”

“Lawrence is an exceptional therapist with many years of developing expertise in his area. I would highly recommend his services as he helped me deal with an extremely traumatic situation that haunted me for years, over a lifetime. Thank you :-)”

“This is a wonderful experience and very helpful. Though I was afraid to pen up, my therapist is amazing.”

“Amazing, kind, understanding. He has a vast knowledge as his disposal and is the perfect person to talk to if you are a struggling Catholic. He really helped me get a handle my life when things were falling apart around me.”

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