About Charles
Charles Michel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 31 years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and relationship concerns. He works in a warm, collaborative way that centers on building a trusting connection.
His practice supports people facing depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addiction issues, and grief, as well as everyday strains like parenting, career pressure, and low self-esteem. In sessions he uses practical, talk-based methods that help people sort out immediate problems.
Background and approach
He draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s lead and Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach skills for managing intense emotions and changing unhelpful thinking. Emotionally-Focused and Existential ideas inform deeper conversations about meaning and attachments. Charles has spent three decades in clinical work and independent practice in Indiana.
He has worked with people who have complex clinical diagnoses as well as those coping with life transitions, trauma, or caregiving strain. This breadth gives him both clinical perspective and everyday practicality. People can expect a calm, straightforward style and an emphasis on learning tools they can use between sessions.
He aims to make therapy feel collaborative and relevant to daily life. The focus is on helpful steps rather than jargon. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
The practice uses a subscription system that can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s pace. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist respond to what matters most in the moment and adapt to each person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches clear skills to change thinking patterns and behaviors. In remote sessions CBT can include homework, thought records, and step-by-step plans to manage anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. When done online DBT skills practice and short coaching-style check-ins can help with strong emotions and impulsive behaviors.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust what’s used based on progress and preference. This collaborative process helps match practical techniques to each person’s situation and values.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler alternative with less bandwidth, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections or between-session updates. These options give flexibility in how people connect while focusing on useful tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English