Charmaine Dees

Charmaine Dees is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina with 18 years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, and issues around family relationships. She also focuses on life purpose and concerns that often come up in midlife and young adulthood.

Charmaine uses clear, straightforward conversation to identify what feels stuck and what matters most. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thought patterns that get in the way, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take small steps toward them. Mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing are used when clients want tools to manage difficult emotions or increase motivation.

Sessions are practical and focused on real life. Charmaine helps people talk through communication problems, caregiver stress, feelings of isolation, and the guilt or shame that can follow big changes. She offers ways to practice new behaviors between sessions so progress can be noticed outside the therapy room.

Her background includes nearly two decades working with adults on mood disorders and trauma-related concerns. She supports clients who are navigating fatherhood questions, women’s issues, and the challenges that come with aging or caring for older relatives. International clients who prefer English may also work with her.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Payment details vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online work

Charmaine commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working with clients. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed, practical steps toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. CBT targets thinking and behavior patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood and teaches concrete strategies to test and change those patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively to choose methods that suit a person's goals, needs, and preferences, and will adjust techniques as progress is observed. Clients help set the pace and decide which tools to use between sessions.

The exact online session formats should be confirmed before booking. Please check the matching questionnaire and session options to learn how sessions are scheduled and conducted. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or offering sessions when being on camera is not needed. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, and daily responsibilities.