Therapist profile
Dr. Charity Rolfes, LCP
Virginia
Dr. Charity Rolfes - LCP, Stress and Relationships
Continue with CharityWhere Charity stands
- Credentials
- LCP
- License
- LCP, Virginia / 0810004797
- NPI
- 1366882854
- Experience
- 25 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Virginia
About
- Codependency support
- CBT and DBT methods
- Mindfulness practice
About Charity
Dr. Charity Rolfes is a Virginia LCP (Licensed Clinical Psychologist) with 25 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, codependency, and related struggles. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career change, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue.
Her style centers on building a respectful therapeutic relationship. Sessions focus on clear, practical conversation about what is causing distress. She uses talk, reflection, and skills practice rather than long lectures or vague theory. The aim is to help people notice patterns they repeat with others and make changes that feel manageable.
Dr. Rolfes draws on several clinical approaches. She uses client-centered methods to listen and follow a person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness work offer tools for emotional regulation and tolerating strong feelings.
Her background includes work with a wide range of identities and life situations, including LGBTQIA+ people, veterans, neurodiverse clients, and those facing cultural or religious change. That experience informs how she frames goals and suggestions in everyday terms.
In sessions she will talk through specific problems, practice skills, and explore personal history where it helps. People who keep putting others first, have trouble saying no, or feel stuck in caregiving patterns often come to focus on clearer boundaries and steadier self-direction.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Dr. Rolfes commonly uses client-centered therapy, CBT, and DBT in her practice. Client-centered work emphasizes listening closely to what a person brings and shaping sessions around their goals, which helps when someone is trying to change people-pleasing habits. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, useful for anxiety, low mood, and codependent patterns. DBT offers practical emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills that people can use in heated interactions or high-stress times.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try first, then adjust based on how those methods feel and what progress looks like. Clients and therapist set goals together and review them as work proceeds.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can cut travel time, allow shorter check-ins on a lunch break, or reduce the need to be on camera when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals often adapt skills practice, homework, and check-ins to work across distance, and she will help match the practical setup to a client’s routine.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She focuses on a respectful, client-centered relationship and practical conversation. Sessions mix talk, skills practice, and reflection.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience as a licensed clinical psychologist.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Virginia LCP and practices in Virginia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.