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.
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, 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, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Social anxiety and phobia, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
VA LPC 0701010945
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Very helpful
Written on Apr 23, 2026 after therapy with Menzo for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, and self esteem
He is a great person and helped me in a great manner!
Written on Jul 15, 2025 after therapy with Menzo for 3 months on issues concerning family conflicts, grief, and sleeping disorders
He listens to what you have to say but also offers you advice and tools to help you.
Written on May 09, 2024 after therapy with Menzo for 2 weeks on issues concerning lgbt
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!
Written on Sep 25, 2022 after therapy with Menzo for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
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.
Written on Jul 31, 2022 after therapy with Menzo for 3 weeks on issues concerning addictions, and family conflicts
Menzo is amazing, 100/10! Helped me with so much in so little time :)
Written on Jun 12, 2022 after therapy with Menzo for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes