Meet the Team
Carrington Cunnington
LMFT, PCI Certified Parent Coach®
Carrington is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and PCI Certified Parent Coach® dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families strengthen their relationships through Biblically grounded therapy. As the founder of Firm Foundation Family Services, she provides faith-based counseling that helps families build strong, thriving relationships.
Since 2015, Carrington has worked as a PCI Certified Parent Coach®, supporting parents in becoming more grounded in their values and confident in their parenting. In 2020, she pursued her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy to expand her work with married and pre-marital couples, families, adolescents, and adults. As a licensed clinician, she provides marriage counseling, family therapy, and relationally focused individual counseling.
Carrington believes that it is within relationships that people experience both their deepest pain and their greatest joy. Her approach is rooted in Scripture and the hope found in walking with Christ, our Savior. She is trained in research-backed methods including Gottman Couples Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Carrington operates from the belief that the ultimate source of wisdom and healing is God’s Word, which reveals both the cause of relational struggles and the path to restoration, love, and connection.
Carrington welcomes children and adolescents into the therapeutic process when appropriate, recognizing that families are at the heart of God’s design. She believes every family member should be heard, valued, and supported as they contribute to a stronger, healthier family unit.
She enjoys working with clients who are curious, humble, and committed to authentic connection—those who are willing to explore both the challenges they face and the growth required to overcome them.
Carrington understands that by the time someone seeks counseling, they may already feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or discouraged. Whether navigating a hurting marriage, a strained parent-child relationship, or personal struggles, she believes it is never too late to find hope and healing through the powerful work of Christ.
Carrington is honored to walk alongside her clients as they rebuild trust, restore relationships, and rediscover joy through faith-centered growth and transformation.
Chia-Hua Lu
LPC, LCPAT
Chia-Hua is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Professional Art Therapist. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, in 2008, and her master’s degree in Art Therapy from George Washington University in 2014.
She has experience working with families and individuals including children, adolescents, and adults with multiple ethnic backgrounds and life experiences, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and chronic illness such as dementia, brain injury, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In her counseling sessions, she addresses issues such as identity, boundary-setting, healthy relationships, and overcoming challenges in life transitions. She specializes in trauma therapy and assists individuals who have experienced traumatic experiences, including but not limited to interpersonal trauma, significant losses, and PTSD.
Chia-Hua strives to create a safe space to foster therapeutic relationships through transparent story-telling. In a world full of distractions, her passion is to walk alongside her clients in their search for hope and purpose, setting clear goals in order to assist them to be more present with their loved ones.
“I believe in the healing power of Christian faith, which is the solid foundation of my perspective of the world and everything in it. The Bible gives us so many promises and answers to all kinds of questions that we may have about life. Life is like a journey. If we have a relationship with the one and true God who will not leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:8), we will never be lonely.”
Chia-Hua was born and raised in Taiwan. She currently lives in northern Virginia with her husband and three children. She can read and speak both Mandarin and English fluently. She is blessed by being part of her local church. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, cooking (as a new form of art-making!), being out in the nature, and spending time with her family and friends.