About Charlene
Charlene Mabins is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Charlene aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and supportive.
She designs conversations and treatment plans to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps rather than jargon. Charlene listens closely to what matters most and adjusts approaches as goals change.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several evidence-based approaches that emphasize skills, values, and emotional understanding. She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, build coping strategies, and clarify what they want from life. This can make everyday stress and anxiety easier to manage.
Charlene also supports people dealing with grief, self-esteem struggles, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. She addresses a wide range of related concerns, including body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and attachment or relationship patterns. Her experience includes helping people work through difficult changes and losses.
With ten years of clinical work and an Illinois LCSW credential, she brings steady experience to each session. People can expect practical tools, empathic listening, and a collaborative pace. Charlene encourages small steps that add up to meaningful change.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, which can reduce the pull of anxiety and stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new coping behaviors, useful for anxiety and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit goals, preferences, and daily life. Goals are reviewed and methods adjusted as progress and needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, or reflect between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and maintain steady momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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