Dr. Charity Rolfes

Dr. Charity Rolfes is a Virginia licensed clinical psychologist with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her practice also addresses parenting strain, career stress, self-esteem, and challenges tied to trauma or chronic illness.

She centers the work on a respectful, compassionate relationship where people can speak honestly without judgment. Sessions focus on identifying what matters most to the client and finding practical steps forward. Dr. Rolfes draws on different methods to match each person's needs rather than using a single approach for everyone.

Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She also uses mindfulness practices to help regulate emotions and Jungian ideas to explore deeper personal themes. These methods are used to address patterns that keep people stuck and to build clearer ways of coping.

Dr. Rolfes notes that painful experiences and messages from the past can leave people feeling unsafe or unworthy. In sessions she helps name those patterns and test new ways of relating to oneself and others. The work aims to reduce symptoms and increase everyday functioning, step by step.

People with histories of trauma, abuse, attachment wounds, abandonment, or complex medical and caregiving burdens are within her focus areas. She supports those navigating neurodiversity, LGBTQIA+ identities, and diverse cultural or spiritual backgrounds. The first sessions are used to clarify goals and choose the best methods for ongoing work.

How these approaches fit into online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and helping people clarify their own goals. It is useful for building trust and deciding what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that are useful when strong emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions typically begin with a discussion of what is most pressing, and the plan is adjusted over time based on what helps.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. It can also let people use mindfulness or skills practice in the places they live and work, helping new habits transfer into daily routines.