Charles Bihum

Charles Bihum is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 35 years of experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationships, and issues tied to LGBT identity. Charles emphasizes practical steps that help people move from merely surviving to experiencing more satisfaction in day-to-day life.

He begins from a solution-focused base, looking for specific blocks that keep someone stuck and testing small changes that can make a difference. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to patterns that underlie recurring problems such as abandonment, codependency, or commitment issues. He also brings direct experience with LGBT concerns and related topics like gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS, and non-traditional sexual cultures.

Clients often present with midlife questions, career doubts, or a sense of lost direction. Charles talks through these issues in plain language and helps people identify doable next steps. He addresses relationship stresses, divorce and separation matters, and complex topics such as polyamory or BDSM and kink without judgment.

Practical concerns like body image, guilt and shame, and lingering family-of-origin dynamics are part of the work he will explore. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood disorders and anxiety while keeping sessions focused on clear, measurable progress. Life purpose is an area he lists among his focuses for clients wondering what comes next.

People who prefer straightforward conversation and concrete tools may find his style fits well. To move toward change, Charles combines direct feedback with gradual experiments that clients can try between sessions.

Approaches and how online sessions are used

Charles emphasizes evidence-based techniques that focus on clear goals and practical change. One common approach he uses is solution-focused work, which narrows a problem into specific, manageable steps and tests small experiments to see what helps. This method is useful for stress, anxiety, and people seeking direction when they feel stuck.

He also works with methods aimed at mood and anxiety concerns, using strategies that help recognize unhelpful patterns and replace them with different behaviors or coping tactics. These techniques suit people dealing with depression, grief, or recurring relationship problems. When sexual culture, kink, or non-monogamous arrangements come up, he addresses them directly and without judgment, focusing on communication and safety in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Charles will collaborate with clients to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may involve trying different strategies and adjusting what is helpful as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm the available session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter or more frequent check-ins when useful. Licensed professionals often use remote work to support consistent progress while accommodating day-to-day life.