Charles Allen
Experienced counselor focused on relationships
LPC Georgia
- Experience
- 28 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Family, Intimacy-related issues
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Charles
Charles Allen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia. He shifted into counseling after a long career in church music ministry and has built a clinical path that spans public mental health and independent practice.
Background and approach
He brings 28 years of experience to conversations about relationships and life transitions. He spent many years working in public mental health before opening a solo independent practice in 2010.
His background includes work with couples preparing for marriage and partners trying to restore a troubled relationship. He also has experience providing court-approved anger management counseling and sees people who want help with anger even when they are not court ordered.
In sessions he focuses on clear, practical steps clients can use right away. He draws on approaches such as the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns and on cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Client-centered work guides the way he listens and responds during conversations. Charles is comfortable addressing concerns like communication problems, commitment questions, infidelity, fatherhood issues, and coping with major life changes.
He also works with people facing post-traumatic stress and family of origin issues. He aims to help people find concrete ways forward, one step at a time.
People who choose him can expect a straightforward style that values persistence and practical problem-solving. He invites prospective clients to talk about the specific challenges they bring and to consider therapy as a process of steady effort and collaboration.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Charles blends the Gottman Method with client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques to help couples and individuals. The Gottman Method focuses on identifying interaction patterns between partners and building practical skills for better communication and trust. Client-centered therapy emphasizes being heard and understood while shaping goals from the person’s own priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and introduces small experiments and new habits to change them.Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Charles works with clients to decide which approaches fit their goals and comfort level, and he adjusts methods as the work progresses. That means starting with what feels useful and adding tools over time rather than promising a fixed roadmap up front.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video helps recreate face-to-face interaction for skill practice and role plays. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Chat and text messaging let clients share shorter updates between sessions or use brief exchanges when schedules are tight. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into everyday life while keeping the therapeutic focus on practical change.
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Experience
28+ years
Licensed in
Georgia
Languages
English