Charlene Black
Calm, practical, strengths-based therapy
LMFT California
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About Charlene
Charlene Black is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges, drawing on a variety of therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Charlene emphasizes clients' strengths and perspective, treating them as the experts in their own lives while offering guidance and skills to manage difficult emotions and situations. Her work blends practical strategies and depth-oriented reflection, supporting people through grief, relationship struggles, anger, self-esteem concerns, career transitions, and compassion fatigue among other issues.
Charlene aims to create a collaborative space where clients can identify goals, try new coping tools, and build resilience over time. She encourages the courage it takes to seek change and partners with clients to move toward a more fulfilling life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Charlene incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy into online work to provide both practical skills and meaning-focused exploration. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and is useful for concerns like anxiety, stress, and mood difficulties. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, which can support changes in identity, self-esteem, and family dynamics.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to clarify goals, assess which strategies feel most useful, and adjust methods over time so the work aligns with each person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible and accessible. These formats allow clients to engage from home or other convenient locations, fit sessions into busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care when life requires it.
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Experience
9+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English