About Charmaine
Charmaine Dees is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports clients coping with depression, self-esteem concerns, compassion fatigue, and family-related stress. Her manner is calm and straightforward, and she focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Charmaine draws on nearly two decades of experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She listens without judgment and encourages clear goals. Conversations aim to identify unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding that fit the client's life.
Background and approach
Her approach mixes acceptance-based strategies with cognitive work and mindfulness. That means clients learn to notice difficult thoughts and feelings, while also practicing skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Sessions often include simple exercises to use between meetings.
Charmaine also uses client-centered and motivational techniques. She creates space for people to name what matters most to them and to find motivation for gradual change. The tone is collaborative rather than prescriptive.
She works with adults across a range of concerns including caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, isolation and midlife transitions. Charmaine is licensed in North Carolina as an LCSW and offers services in English. She welcomes international clients and adapts her work to fit different life situations.
How her therapy approaches translate to online care
Charmaine uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice and make space for difficult thoughts and feelings, then take steps that match their values. This approach can be useful for ongoing anxiety, stress, and situations that feel stuck.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes that reduce distress. CBT often includes short exercises and homework tasks that fit well into online sessions and between-meeting practice.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Charmaine will talk with each client about their goals and preferences, then adjust methods as needed. She aims to help clients try out approaches and find what feels most useful over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging can be used for quick check-ins or shorter updates. These options make it easier to schedule sessions, maintain momentum between meetings, and use tools that fit a client's daily routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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