About Charles
Charles "Charlie" Adams is a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of clinical experience. He focuses on individual therapy and supports adults navigating depression, anxiety, and LGBTQ concerns. Charlie aims to create an open space where people feel heard and respected.
He has provided care across levels including inpatient psychiatric settings, partial hospitalization programs, and outpatient therapy. That range gives him practical insight into stress, crisis, and recovery.
How Charles works
He brings that experience into each session in straightforward, focused ways. Charlie uses several established approaches to address everyday struggles. He draws on client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in front of him.
He also uses cognitive behavioral tools to help identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits. Mindfulness and narrative methods appear in his practice too, helping people notice patterns and reshape the stories they tell about themselves. Motivational interviewing is part of how he supports change when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps.
Sessions emphasize clear goals and practical steps alongside emotional understanding. Charlie pays attention to self-esteem, coping with life changes, addiction concerns, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep and eating problems, and career or purpose questions. He also addresses chronic illness, caregiver stress, and reactions to prejudice and discrimination.
People who prefer direct, respectful conversation and tangible strategies may find his approach a good match. He encourages small, sustainable changes and supports clients as they practice new ways of coping and relating.
Charles lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Charles works with
The areas below are the ones Charles selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Charles uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each person, offering attentive listening and encouragement to help people name their priorities and goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits through concrete exercises and homework between sessions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and grounding techniques that can reduce stress and improve sleep or rumination.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Charlie works with clients to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they try strategies and adjust the plan over time based on what helps the client make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, while live chat and text messaging offer quick, ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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