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Menzo Faassen

VA LPC 0701010945
Credentials
VA LPC 0701010945
NPI Number
1760709778
Location
Virginia
Languages
English
Menzo Faassen

Accepting new clients

24 years experience
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About Menzo Faassen

As a licensed therapist in Virginia, I bring over two decades of professional experience supporting individuals through complex emotional landscapes. My practice centers on creating affirming, compassionate spaces for clients navigating challenges like depression, addiction, trauma, grief, and social anxiety.

I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ communities, veterans, and individuals experiencing workplace stress, mood disorders, and attachment challenges. My approach is deeply empathetic and tailored to each person’s unique journey, with a particular focus on addressing isolation, shame, panic disorders, and relationship dynamics.

Drawing from extensive clinical expertise, I offer supportive guidance for those exploring identity, processing difficult life transitions, and healing from past experiences. My therapeutic style emphasizes understanding, respect, and collaborative growth, helping clients develop resilient coping strategies and rediscover personal strength. My work is also influenced by the methods of Psychodrama created by J. L. Moreno. Through technique like empty chair and exploration of roles, my hope is to help my clients increase their creativity and spontaneity so that they can find new and adequate solutions to past, current, and future problems.

Licenses

LPC
0701010945

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Self esteem
  • Sleeping disorders
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Attachment issues
  • BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
  • Codependency
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
  • Drug and alcohol addiction
  • Family of origin issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Mood disorders
  • Panic disorder and panic attacks
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
  • Workplace issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Menzo is the best therapist I've encountered and I work in mental health myself. I highly recommend him to anyone who is struggling.”

“Menzo is kind, understanding, and asks all the right questions. I would highly recommend him to anyone.”

“Very easy to drop my wall and talk open and honestly which is hard. <br /> Doesn’t judge. <br /> Makes me feel glad I did it after the fact.<br /> Excellent job and therapist”

“Very helpful”

“He is a great person and helped me in a great manner!”

“He listens to what you have to say but also offers you advice and tools to help you.”

“Menzo has been absolutely vital in helping me discover aspects of myself that I've been trying to figure out for years. Extremely patient, friendly, and has a depth of knowledge that is very helpful. I wholeheartedly recommend seeing Menzo as your therapist!”

“Menzo Fassen has been very valuable to me in my recovery process. It has been great having a professional to speak to that can relate to most of the traumas I have dealt with in the past. I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone I knew that was dealing with the same issues as I have in the past.”

“Menzo is amazing, 100/10! Helped me with so much in so little time :)”

“Our son, who resisted counseling in the beginning, values his time with Menzo tremendously. We've seen such an improvement in his mood and coping skills. I am so thankful we found this option for our son.”

“Menzo is a kind, thoughtful man. He is a surprising (refreshing) mix of good listener and direct with questions. I've appreciated his insight into my mind, and no punches pulled when he sees an area of unhealthiness or weakness I don't. I sincerely recommend him to bring your life and mind wisdom, balance, and health.”

“Menzo is my favorite therapist I’ve had to date. He’s always energetic, engaging, and really gets to the bottom of the issues I’m facing. Those around me have noticed huge improvement in me, and a large part of that all is thanks to this wonderful man. Can’t recommend him enough, especially if you’re LGBTQ+”

“It was a short period but he was great! Very helpful, gave me some good little morsels of information that I will definitely use in my day to day. I'm grateful to him.”

“Menzo Faassen shattered my perception about how a therapist can help. He was courteous, thoughtful, and offered amazing insight. He gave objectivity to a very difficult struggle! I can’t thank him enough.”

“Menzo has been working with me for only a few weeks and already he’s been able to point out some key things for me to work on. Things that haven’t been pointed out with counselors that I have worked with for many years. <br /> <br /> I feel comfortable talking with him. He’s timely and thoughtful with his responses and if he hasn’t heard from me in a few days he always reaches out just to let me know hes there if I need him. It’s been amazing to be able to communicate at my own pace. Seeing an in-person counselor it can be hard to 1- remember everything that’s happened week to week, and 2- try to fit in all my trauma that I’m working through in one hour. With this method, and with Menzo as my counselor, it doesn’t feel as daunting.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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