Virginia Grenier is an Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor (ACMHC) who works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, dissociation, relationship challenges, identity exploration, life transitions, and complex family dynamics. Her approach is grounded, relational, and nonjudgmental, creating space for clients to explore both the visible and untold parts of their story with safety, curiosity, and authenticity.
Her work is rooted in existential and narrative therapy while integrating somatic awareness, mindfulness, sand tray, polyvagal-informed approaches, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and trauma-focused care. Virginia is also a certified provider for the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) and incorporates nervous system regulation and body awareness into her clinical work when appropriate. Rather than viewing clients as problems to be fixed, she approaches therapy as a collaborative process of understanding identity, meaning, relationships, and the patterns that shape a person’s lived experience.
Virginia has experience working with trauma survivors, neurodiverse clients, individuals experiencing dissociation, and clients navigating shame, spiritual conflict, and relational wounds. She works well with clients who may feel emotionally complex, misunderstood, stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves and others.
With a background in public safety and victim advocacy, Virginia is especially passionate about supporting first responders, medical professionals, veterans, and those connected to aviation culture, understanding the unique emotional demands and nervous system strain these environments can create. She is also an affirming provider for LGBTQ+ clients and strives to create a therapeutic environment where all identities are treated with dignity and respect.
Virginia is a nationally credentialed victim advocate through NOVA’s National Advocate Credentialing Program and continues advanced training in trauma and integrative therapeutic approaches.
She believes healing begins with being genuinely seen, heard, and understood. As she often says, “You are not who others say you are. You are who you choose to be.”
