About Charesa
Charesa Alphin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, ADHD, and parenting challenges. She uses straightforward talk and practical steps so people can feel steadier and more able to manage day-to-day life. She emphasizes a person-centered way of working.
Sessions focus on what matters to the client and move at the client’s pace. The room is meant to be a place to tell your story without judgment and to figure out small, realistic changes that make a difference.
Background and approach
Charesa blends several approaches depending on the issue. Cognitive behavioral ideas help people spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and routines. EMDR is offered for those who have experienced traumatic events and want a focused way to reduce their distress.
Motivational interviewing supports people who want to make a change but feel stuck. Her background includes ten years of counseling in community and clinical settings across Texas. That experience includes working with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, autism-related concerns, caregiving stress, relationship difficulties, and workplace or school challenges.
Sessions can take different shapes based on needs - short-term problem solving, longer work on trauma or grief, or practical coaching around parenting and daily routines. Charesa aims to match the approach to each person’s goals and comfort level.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Charesa often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience so they feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify thoughts and routines that keep problems going and practices small changes to improve mood and daily functioning.She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, for people who have distressing memories from past events. EMDR is a structured approach that works on reducing the intensity of those memories so they interfere less with daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaboration. The therapist and client review concerns, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. If one way doesn't feel helpful, they adjust the plan together to find a better fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and EMDR-style work, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a mid-day check-in. Live chat and messaging are good for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing out thoughts helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiver routines while keeping the focus on progress and practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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