About Charles
Charles Clendennen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 29 years of clinical experience. He focuses on anxiety alongside concerns such as relationships, trauma and abuse, grief, career stress, addictions, parenting strains, and depression. He approaches each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on.
He offers calm, practical support for people facing strong emotions and life changes. Sessions are focused on listening, naming what feels hard, and trying straightforward strategies that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
He encourages small steps that feel doable and meaningful. Charles believes change begins with courage and curiosity. He works to empower clients so they can make choices that match their values and goals.
Conversations often include learning ways to manage stress, rebuild routines, and repair important relationships. Over nearly three decades he has helped people cope with loss, recover from trauma, and manage career and caregiving strain. He also addresses issues such as control struggles, first responder stress, forgiveness work, and end-of-life concerns.
His practice aims to be steady and practical. People can expect a respectful, goal-oriented process that balances understanding with action. Charles supports clients as they try new approaches, reflect on progress, and adjust plans to fit real life.
He speaks English and practices in Texas as an LPC.
Approaches that guide online care
Charles uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional recovery. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior changes that help reduce intense reactions and improve day-to-day functioning. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and loss in manageable steps, helping clients name difficult memories, reduce their immediate impact, and rebuild routines that support healing.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about goals, past efforts, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which techniques to try, adjust the plan as progress is seen, and shift focus if something isn’t working. This keeps the work practical and tied to the client’s needs and values.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions or live chat can fit into a lunch break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging supports short check-ins, homework, and steady encouragement between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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