Charlene Smith, LPC

Charlene Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia with three years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling and brings a calm, approachable manner to sessions. Charlene aims to make therapy feel welcoming and straightforward for people who are anxious or overwhelmed.

She leans on a person-centered way of working that values a strong therapeutic relationship. That means she focuses first on listening and helping people feel understood. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which offers hands-on tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Charlene has worked across community settings, shelters, clinics, and inpatient and outpatient care. Her background includes crisis intervention and case management, so she is used to practical, situation-focused support. She has experience with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, anger, trauma and abuse, and life transitions.

Charlene also helps with relationship and family concerns, communication and commitment issues, codependency, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and struggles with isolation or impulsivity. She combines listening with concrete skills so people can try new ways of coping between sessions.

Sessions are conversational and action-oriented when useful. Charlene aims to tailor each plan to what a person needs right now, including short-term goals and step-by-step approaches. If someone wants to start, they will be guided through an initial matching and scheduling process.

How this approach translates to online work

Charlene uses person-centered care that begins with listening and building trust. This approach focuses on what the person brings to each session and helps them feel heard before planning next steps.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to offer concrete tools. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can improve mood and daily functioning. These tools are useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Charlene will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process includes setting short-term goals and checking what helps most as therapy goes on.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm available session formats before booking since the biography does not specify them. Online work can make scheduling easier and help therapy fit around school, work, or parenting. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited or let people use audio only if less bandwidth is needed. Licensed professionals can adapt person-centered and CBT techniques for remote sessions so the focus stays on practical steps and feeling understood.