Dr. Angie Anderson of Rural Virginia on Life, Lessons & Legacy
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Dr. Angie Anderson shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

Angie, it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: What is something outside of work that is bringing you joy lately?
Recent trip to Costa Rica with my husband!

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Dr. Angie Anderson

Founder Angie Anderson, Ph. D., Licensed Professional Counselor, Collaborative Divorce Coach & Child Specialist, and Certified Yoga Instructor, has provided mental health therapy, coaching and yoga instruction to hundreds of clients.

As a counselor for over twenty years in diverse settings, Dr. Angie has personally adopted an integrative approach while utilizing a variety of therapeutic interventions and tools to best meet the needs of her clients. Her intention is to bring to the session a theoretical recipe based upon person centered, existential, and cognitive behavioral ingredients. With an additional spirituality component, she hopes to empower clients while practicing with an integrative model. With a person centered focus, the relationship is of the utmost importance providing authenticity, respect, and acceptance. Through an existential lens, clients are supported to acknowledge potential for self-awareness and given freedom to choose individual fate. At times, cognitive behavioral interventions challenge personal belief systems to create awareness on the think-feel-do cycle.

Respecting the importance of the unity of families and marriages, Angie developed a five session program “Making Love Last.” Through her program, Angie is dedicated to assisting families and couples with enhanced healthy communication and effective conflict resolution while maintaining mutual respect.

​Angie is also collaboratively trained in helping families find balance and peace while going through a divorce. She will work with children as a Child Specialist to learn effective coping skills to deal with the changes in the family as they separate/divorce. She will also work with parents in developing healthy parenting plans to make the transition easier. With the adults going through a divorce, Angie will serve as a Divorce Coach to help the individual cope and deal with the loss of the marriage and meet the client where they need to help the process be as amicable as possible.

Practicing yoga for over 20 years, Dr. Angie enjoys teaching yoga of all levels in a variety of settings. She loves bringing her passion for yoga to many clients, teaching them to listen to their bodies & creating a space for each client to take their practice off the mat into their every day lives. Dr. Angie offers private sessions or special group events in a historical one room schoolhouse that has been transformed into a quaint yoga studio that can comfortably host up to 10 yogis.

Utilizing her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision, she has enjoyed branching out as a counselor educator and clinical supervisor. In this role, Angie passionately brings her experience of counseling to future counselors. Presently, she is Program Director of the Master’s of Counseling Program and Assistant Professor with Thomas University, Adjunct Professor with Grand Canyon University and Contributing Faculty with Walden University. She is currently offering individual clinical supervision for counselors-in-training seeking licensure.

Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What’s a moment that really shaped how you see the world?
Going to an all girls camp in rural Virginia absolutely shaped how I see the world. This opportunity as a camper created lifelong friendships, appreciation for nature, and a sense of empowerment. Transitioning from a camper to a counselor set the foundation for my passion as counselor as an adult. This work set the stage for me to ultimately to become a counselor educator.

If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
If I were to say one kind thing to my younger self, it would be to “stay to true to yourself no matter what.” The famous words by Eleanor Roosevelt “A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water,” is great reminder for me. No matter how hot it might get, I am still tea. Not everyone likes tea and that is ok. Being authentic in all that I do is so very important to me.

Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
My closest friends would say that family, friends, faith, and community are what really matters to me.

Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
Absolutely I am doing what I was born to do! I wanted to be a teacher all my life! I love teaching my clients, yogis, workshop participants, students, interns and supervisees! I love what I do and I am blessed everyday!

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