Charmaine Dees, LCSW

Charmaine Dees is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and midlife transitions. She supports those wrestling with family conflict, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. She works in plain language and creates space for people to share their thoughts and feelings without judgment.

With 18 years of experience, Charmaine focuses on practical change and steady support. Sessions look at what matters most now and next. She uses gentle questioning and clear tools to help people notice unhelpful patterns and build small, doable steps forward.

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas. She also uses client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. Conversations are collaborative and paced to match each person’s needs.

Charmaine has worked with issues related to aging, caregiving stress, loneliness, fatherhood concerns, and women’s life transitions. She also supports people dealing with trauma symptoms, mood disorders, guilt, and forgiveness work. The goal is to strengthen coping, rebuild confidence, and clarify next actions.

She is licensed in North Carolina as an LCSW. Sessions are offered in English and international clients may be accepted. To begin, readers are encouraged to use the platform’s Start Therapy button and complete the brief matching questionnaire.

How Charmaine’s approaches work in online sessions

Charmaine often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in practical ways. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for midlife decisions and life purpose work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which helps with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.

She also brings client-centered listening and motivational interviewing into conversations. That means the therapist asks questions to help people find their own motivations and respects each person’s pace. Together they decide which methods fit best, adjusting approaches as goals and needs become clearer.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats before booking. This practice’s listing indicates international clients may be accepted, but specific session options should be checked when you match. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and check in during shorter breaks. Some formats also allow sessions without video if that suits someone better. Charmaine will collaborate with each person to choose a plan that fits their schedule and preferences.