About Charlene
Charlene Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. She brings three years of clinical experience and a calm, approachable manner to sessions. Charlene focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, and anger.
She also supports those coping with life changes, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Charlene draws on a person-centered way of working. She prioritizes building a trusting relationship where clients feel heard and understood.
Background and approach
That foundation guides the rest of the work and helps people stay engaged when things feel hard. She also uses practical, hands-on tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping clients notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy inform brief goal setting and small steps toward change.
Her background includes clinical mental health work, crisis interventions, and case management in nonprofit shelters, health clinic settings, inpatient and outpatient care, and community programs. Those roles shaped her focus on both immediate safety and longer term coping skills. Sessions are conversational and straightforward.
Charlene aims to help people identify realistic goals, try concrete strategies, and track progress. She emphasizes collaboration and keeps plans simple so clients can use skills between sessions.
Practical approaches for online stress and anxiety care
Charlene commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building trust so clients feel understood and can explore their needs. It helps when people are unsure what they want or need from therapy.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is hands-on and problem-focused. It helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, try small experiments, and develop new coping habits. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and many daily stressors.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Charlene will work with each person to set clear goals, try specific techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Sessions often blend supportive listening with concrete skill practice so progress is measurable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates and try brief skill work between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for busy days, work breaks, or varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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