Dr. Mark Charles - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

8 years experience

About Dr. Mark Charles

I am licensed psychologist in California with 8 years of professional experience. I have assisted clients with managing or overcoming a variety of mental wellness challenges, including stress and anxiety & depression. My clients and I collaborate to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Some of my own personal heroes have been former clients who through courage, resilience, and therapeutic support pulled themselves out of an unsatisfactory situation and in Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

Licenses

Psychologist

30407

Professional experience

Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Depression
Grief
LGBT
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

HIV / AIDS
Post-traumatic stress
Social anxiety and phobia

Clinical Approaches

Client-Centered Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“I recently started working with Dr. Charles after being out of therapy for many years. We have quickly built a great professional relationship and he is super easy to talk to. I appreciate how he is attentive and gives good insight. :) Highly recommend him and I’m grateful to be working with him!”

“Dr. Charles is great to work with. He's a good listener and empathetic. He has good suggestions for different approaches you can take on things and is quick to offer an alternative perspective if needed.”

“Excellent”

“He’s a great listener provides awesome support”

“From the very first appointment, I felt heard by Dr. Charles. I feel confident in his ability to help me improve my mental health and look forward to continuing my treatment.”

“Dr. Charles is patient and attentive. He remembers important milestones and checks in regularly.”

“Just getting started, already noticing a difference!”

“Mark is quick to guide me in the right direction. He’s easy to talk with and I feel we’ve made a good connection.”

“Amazing dr”

“He is a good listener and gives help but he is not pushy. I really like him.”

“Wonderful experience! Highly recommend working with Charles. He actively listened, provided frameworks to process trauma and was very conversational.”

“Awesome guy”

“Dr. Charles has been a huge help in my life. I appreciate him very much. He offers a practical approach to problems I deal with while keeping friendly conversation. A really solid guy.”

“I’ve never had a therapist. I was able to connect with or bond with but Dr. Charles change all that for me within a couple weeks after my first session with him I felt heard and I felt like he got it right away for what I needed and each session he would always follow up About something that I had learned from The last session to follow up and making sure I’m continuing with my new strategies highly recommend Dr. Charles and I will definitely be seeing him shortly again”

“Great listener and down to earth guy. Provides tools and feedback in a timely manner and wants to help you succeed with your therapy goals.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.