- Years in practice
- 31
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Bipolar disorder
About Charles
Charles Michel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience supporting adults through life changes and difficult emotions. He combines a warm, collaborative approach with practical tools to help people manage stress, mood struggles, and the pressures of parenting.
He focuses on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and addictions, while also helping with relationship strain, self-esteem, career stress, grief, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
He works with people facing trauma, compassion fatigue, eating and sleeping problems, and intimacy-related issues. In sessions he centers the relationship and listens first. He aims to create a straightforward, personal space where people can talk about what matters and try out new ways of coping.
Conversations are collaborative - he will help set goals and pick approaches that fit each person’s needs. Over 31 years of practice have included work with serious mood disorders and long-term struggles, as well as everyday stressors like job transitions and family responsibilities. He also brings experience supporting people impacted by adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, multicultural concerns, and postpartum depression.
Charles uses several psychotherapy methods to guide the work, including client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior methods, emotionally focused ideas, and existential themes. He adapts these tools to what an individual needs in the moment and across sessions.
What Charles works with
Everything Charles lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Charles helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Charles lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven therapy delivered online
Charles blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make concrete changes. Client-centered Therapy focuses on understanding a person’s perspective and building a strong therapeutic relationship, which helps when someone needs nonjudgmental support and clearer self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills for reducing anxiety, improving mood, and managing ADHD symptoms.He also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong feelings get in the way of daily life. Choosing the right mix of these approaches is collaborative - the therapist and client review concerns, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make work fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep momentum while working toward goals.
Questions people ask about Charles
What kinds of problems does Charles address?
He helps with mood and anxiety concerns like depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety, and with life stresses including parenting, relationships, career, grief, and addiction-related issues.
What is his therapy style like?
His approach is warm and collaborative, emphasizing a strong working relationship and straightforward conversations to set goals and try practical strategies.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 31 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker working in independent practice with a broad range of concerns and long-term mood disorders.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He is licensed in Indiana and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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