Virginia Hashii MA LMFT, LMHC

I have no knowledge of Virginia Hashii’s background, only of her efficacy and techniques. My experience directly contradicts that of the previous reviewer — Virginia supported my use of Western medicine to deal with a disabling illness and never, ever indicated in any way that my illness was my fault in any way. Instead, she encouraged me to seek out whatever treatment helped me and whatever healthful activities and attitudes supported me through an extremely difficult time. Virginia demonstrates a high degree of skill in being helping her clients cut through to the source of an issue and deal directly with it, which I found refreshing and extremely helpful. If you’re not merely a dabbler seeking someone to listen to your self-​absorbed ramblings, but someone sincerely seeking answers to troubling issues, Virginia may be just the guide you are looking for.

I visited Virginia quite a few times in the past and found her to be pleasant and relatively easy to talk to in in her office at Edmonds. However, I became concerned with her techniques and general beliefs and decided to look into her background and experience. What I found was upsetting.
Apparently Virginia is a good friend and former event organizer of Tacoma’s own JZ Knight, inventor and channeler of Ramtha. Who is Ramtha? Ramtha is a 35,000 year old Lemurian warrior who battled against the Atlanteans with his army of 2.5 million warriors. Right. Okay. Hey, Tacoma needs something to call its own, may as well be a cult leader!
Virginia invited JZ to NY for some good old fashioned Ramtha channeling and then made the trek out to WA to follow her (Google JZ Knight Gini Hashii for ‘A State of Mind, My Story’). Okay, so Virginia has some odd beliefs, no harm, no foul, right? Unfortunately she seems to be a believer in some of the more disturbing teachings of Ramtha and uses these in her counseling.
Ramtha pushes that bad things happen to people who don’t try hard enough and that the mind can conquer all. When JZ’s first husband (out of 5 or 6) died of HIV, JZ remarked «Well, that’s okay. It’s what he chose!». This is the same husband that forgoed treatment for years because of the belief that Ramtha would heal him. So, according to JZ, laziness, not HIV, killed him.
Virginia works these beliefs into her practice and has made statements that indicate she has little use for western medicine and science, that all that is needed is the power of mind and new age healing to treat horrible illnesses. No traditional treatment needed, just positive thinking. In fact, the right attitude can keep you from getting cancer in the first place. Sound familiar?
This isn’t to say that Virginia is wrong for everyone. As I mentioned earlier, she’s energetic, she can be friendly and has a good sense of humor. If you are a new agey, alternative therapy type or are familiar with and comfortable with Scientology-​like cults, she’s probably a great match. For all others, I’d advise caution.