Virginia Counseling Solutions is a privately-owned practice located in Gainesville, Va. Our focus is to provide a comfortable environment that takes a solution focused approach in counseling. Therapists work with clients to identify underlying problems, improve self-awareness and to develop specific skills that address the client's needs. We work with Individuals, Couples, Families, Adolescent/Teens and Children. Our mission is to support, educate and empower people. Michael Allard, LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 19 years of experience in the field as a clinical therapist. He was a lead therapist at a therapeutic foster care facility, working with troubled youth and their families. While there he specialized in working with adolescents and their families. Michael has worked as an outpatient therapist in a variety of settings including the Fort Belvoir Chaplain Family Life Center meeting with military personnel, Catholic Charities in Arlington and other privately owned practices providing individual as well as group, family, and couples counseling.