About Charles
Charles McBride is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 15 years of clinical experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD. His tone is warm and down-to-earth, and he aims to make sessions straightforward and practical.
He draws from client-centered and cognitive-behavioral ideas to shape work with each person. That means conversations focus on what matters to the client and on changing unhelpful thinking patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
He blends this with solution-focused steps so sessions often produce concrete next actions. Past work includes residential substance abuse programs and outpatient employee and family assistance counseling. That background gives him experience with addiction, grief, and work-related stress.
He has also supported first responders coping with traumatic events. In sessions, he keeps things respectful and a little light when appropriate. He believes the client is the expert on their own life, and sees his role as helping clients try different approaches until something fits.
Treatment plans are individualized rather than one-size-fits-all. Charles will help you set clear goals and practice new ways of thinking and behaving between visits. He uses straightforward language and practical exercises so changes carry over into daily life.
If you want a counselor who pairs steady listening with direct problem-solving, he offers that mix.
How talk therapy and online care work together
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting working relationship. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what matters most to you, and helps you clarify goals. This approach is useful for sorting out values, relationships, sexual identity, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. Sessions include simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and small behavioral experiments to change routines that cause stress or keep problems going. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related organization and planning struggles, and coping with addictive urges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to your goals, needs, and comfort level. Together you decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video gives a near face-to-face experience and works well for longer sessions. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging are good for brief check-ins, homework review, or when typing helps you express yourself. These options make scheduling easier and let you keep therapy going from wherever you are.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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