Charles Michel
Thoughtful, practical therapy for life and family
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Charles
Charles Michel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of practice experience. He focuses on building a warm, straightforward connection so people feel heard. He uses practical talk and clear tools to address stress, anxiety, mood disorders, relationship concerns, parenting, and other life pressures.
He draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person in front of him. He pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and dialectical behavior skills to manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Emotionally-focused ideas are used when relationships need clearer communication. Over 31 years he has supported people facing depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addictions, trauma, grief, and intimacy or sexual concerns. He also works with issues like caregiving stress, adoption and foster care, multicultural concerns, and postpartum depression.
His approach adapts to each situation rather than using a single set of steps. Sessions are practical and conversational. He helps people name the problem, try manageable changes, and learn skills they can use at home.
He aims for a collaborative process where clients help choose goals and pace. Charles practices in Indiana and provides services in English. He offers several online session options so people can find a format that fits their routines.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy places the person and their experience at the center of sessions. It focuses on listening, empathy, and responding to what matters most to the client, which helps people feel understood before making changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thinking that lead to unhelpful feelings and behaviors. It teaches straightforward tools to test thoughts and try different actions, which often fits well with brief online sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. Those skills can be practiced between sessions and reviewed during video or messaging check-ins.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked in the past, then suggest a plan and adjust it as needed together.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats give flexibility for busy family schedules and make it easier to follow up between meetings. Licensed professionals can use these tools to teach skills, process hard moments, and support changes without everyone needing to be in the same room.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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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
Next step
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