Charesa Alphin, LPC

Charesa Alphin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with ten years of clinical experience. As an LPC she holds a state license to provide professional counseling services and has worked with a wide range of concerns across the lifespan.

Her work focuses on parenting difficulties, childhood trauma and abuse, autism and Asperger syndrome, social and communication challenges, mood disorders including bipolar disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), grief, ADHD, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related concerns, anger, career challenges, and LGBT-related matters. Additional areas of attention include caregiver stress, post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, social anxiety and phobia, workplace issues, and young adult transitions.

Charesa uses a person-centered approach and aims to create an environment where people feel comfortable sharing their stories and collaborating on change. She has training in Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) including trauma-focused CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling (AAT-C).

She is completing additional training as a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist and as a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. Charesa tailors treatment to each person's needs and works collaboratively to identify which therapeutic modalities are the best fit.

She believes many people can benefit from counseling, especially in the context of recent increased stress, isolation, and loss. Charesa provides services in English and is based in Texas.