About Charles
Charles Wickham, LMSW, brings 25 years of practice to people dealing with stress and anxiety. He uses straightforward conversation to help clients name problems and find what works for them. His style centers on listening closely and building on a person’s strengths.
Taking the first step toward change is often hard, and he aims to make that step easier. He draws on long experience across settings - psychiatric hospital care, community mental health, independent practice, and a state facility.
Background and approach
That background informs practical ways to handle anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Sessions focus on clear goals like managing worry, improving motivation, or strengthening self-esteem. Charles uses methods that help people reframe thoughts, tell their story differently, and find what motivates change.
He helps people sort out relationship and communication problems, grief, and coping with chronic illness or caregiving strain. He also addresses issues such as anger, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. Meetings typically include talking through recent struggles, trying small changes between sessions, and checking what helps.
He values steady progress over quick fixes and adapts plans to each person’s situation. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s readiness. He practices in Michigan and offers sessions in English.
Charles supports people facing career challenges, midlife questions, and concerns tied to trauma or addiction. He encourages anyone feeling overwhelmed to consider a first conversation and see if his approach fits.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Charles uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening space where the person’s experience leads the work. That approach focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and drawing out their strengths to guide change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood. It often involves small, practical exercises to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. That collaborative planning means approaches can be adjusted as progress and challenges become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can fit into a busy day and support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to work on anxiety, motivation, relationships, and other concerns without rearranging life around in-person visits.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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