About Charmaine
Charmaine Dees helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and family concerns. She is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with 18 years of experience. Charmaine aims to make first steps feel manageable for people who are worried or overwhelmed.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about what matters most to them. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Charmaine listens for patterns that keep problems stuck and helps people test small changes. Her work draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness. She uses those tools to help people notice difficult thoughts, try new actions, and build more tolerance for discomfort.
Motivational Interviewing and client-centered skills guide how she supports readiness for change. Charmaine has particular interest in caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, fatherhood issues, and challenges faced by young adults. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and life purpose questions.
Her approach blends straightforward conversation with practical exercises to use between sessions. People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Charmaine works with English-speaking clients in North Carolina and accepts international clients.
How Charmaine’s Approaches Work Online
Charmaine uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and emotions without being driven by them. That approach is about choosing actions that match values even when feelings are hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also part of her work; it focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical behavior changes to affect mood and stress.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Charmaine will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest techniques that seem likely to help. Together they try methods and adjust the plan as needed, so the work fits daily life and real situations.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins, symptom tracking, and brief coaching between fuller sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy routines, continue progress during transitions, and choose the format that feels most comfortable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English