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Understand the moment
Name what changes can stir up, and help people feel less alone in the uncertainty.
Leina Lunghi, MS, LPC · Counselor · Speaker · Educator
Hope for the next chapter.
Leina brings clinical insight, lived experience, and practical tools to help people navigate change, build resilience, and find a way forward, through counseling, speaking, and education.
Licensed in Virginia and Georgia · Counseling since 2012

Clarity · confidence · resilience
Clinical perspective
Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and Georgia; counseling since 2012.
Lived experience
Former school counselor, Navy veteran, adoptee, and mom of two middle schoolers.
On the stage
Conference presenter and published author bringing useful tools to real-life transitions.
Change is part of the story
A new school, a shift in family life, adoption, a military move, anxiety, or an unexpected change can bring many feelings at once. Leina brings warmth, clinical insight, relatable stories, and practical tools to help people take their next step.
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Name what changes can stir up, and help people feel less alone in the uncertainty.
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Learn approachable strategies for worry, confidence, emotional regulation, and brave next steps.
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Support connection and resilience while making space for each person’s whole story.
One body of work · different ways to make a difference
Leina’s work reaches beyond a therapy room. Each path reflects the same commitment to helping people feel seen, find practical support, and move through change with greater confidence.
For organizations & communities
Keynotes, workshops, parent education, and professional development on transitions, confidence, big feelings, and childhood anxiety.
Explore talks and formats ↗For individuals & families
Relationship-centered counseling for children, teens, adults, and families navigating anxiety, adoption, divorce, school changes, and other transitions.
Explore Lunghi Counseling Group ↗Across adoption & family transitions
More than a decade of adoption-related work informs Leina’s writing and educational perspective on home studies, family change, identity, and belonging.
Learn about Leina’s experience ↗
The experience behind the work
Leina’s work spans counseling, school-based mental health, adoption services, family education, and speaking. She brings these perspectives together to make conversations about change both compassionate and practical. Lunghi Counseling Group is one expression of that work: her clinical practice in McLean, Virginia.
Explore Leina’s experienceStart a conversation with Leina
Connect about speaking, professional education, or counseling through Lunghi Counseling Group.