About Charles
Charles Christensen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three years of experience in mental health. He brings a personal understanding of recovery from addiction to his work. Charles focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction while restoring a sense of worth and direction.
He takes a straightforward, compassionate approach in session. Charles listens first, then helps clients set short-term goals they can try between meetings. He uses practical tools to reduce overwhelming thoughts and to build healthier daily habits.
Background and approach
Charles often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. He also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people take small, values-based steps toward a life they want. Attachment-based work is used when early relationships influence current struggles.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Charles supports people working through grief, life transitions, addiction recovery, relationship patterns, feelings of emptiness, and struggles with shame or guilt. He also helps with communication and blended family challenges.
People who do best with Charles are ready to try actionable changes and reflect on patterns that keep them stuck. He encourages honesty, patience, and steady effort. The aim is to find manageable ways forward, not to rush progress.
If someone wants to begin, the process starts by answering a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session. Charles works with English-speaking clients in Idaho and does not accept international clients.
Approaches that translate to online care
Charles often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more balanced alternatives; this approach is practical for anxiety, depression, and stress. He also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, which focuses on accepting difficult feelings while taking small actions that match a person’s values to build a meaningful life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Charles will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with a few CBT strategies and adding acceptance or attachment-focused work as patterns become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for full conversations and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support brief updates, homework check-ins, or shorter interactions between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, and family life while still working toward steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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