Charles Clendennen is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 29 years of experience.
01About Charles
Charles Clendennen is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 29 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who are struggling with relationship stress, trauma and abuse, grief, career challenges, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He frames clients as the experts of their own stories and offers steady support as they make changes.
He approaches each person with respect for their strengths and history. Sessions are conversational and practical. Charles listens for patterns that create pain and helps people try new ways of responding that feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Over nearly three decades in practice he has worked with a wide range of concerns, including compassion fatigue, control issues, first responder stress, and end-of-life counseling. That breadth helps him pull from different strategies to match what a person needs in the moment. Therapy with him often starts with clear, short-term goals.
People may work on skills to reduce anxiety, plan steps through grief, or sort through career decisions. He also offers space for deeper work around post-traumatic stress, forgiveness, and building self-love. Charles emphasizes a collaborative pace.
He supports parents facing the strain of parenting and individuals dealing with family conflict, always aiming for practical changes that fit daily life. He meets people where they are and helps them build on what already works.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 11742 · expires April 2027
- NPI
- 1992461131 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Charles lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Control issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
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04Online support
Approaches for healing online and in daily life
Charles uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes skill-building to manage anxiety and stress, teaching simple breathing, grounding, and thought-mapping tools that people can use between sessions to reduce overwhelm. Another approach centers on processing trauma and grief in measured steps, helping people name what happened, tolerate difficult feelings, and reengage with life at their own pace.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with clients to identify goals, try a method, and adjust based on what helps. That partnership aims to match interventions to each person’s needs and preferences rather than following a rigid plan.
Online formats make regular work easier to fit into a busy life. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help progress, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit low bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging supports quick reflections or interim support between meetings. These options are designed to increase flexibility so work on stress, grief, trauma, or career concerns can continue without long commutes or schedule conflicts.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems can be addressed?
He helps with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, career issues, compassion fatigue, stress, anxiety, addictions, family and parenting challenges, and depression. Additional focus areas include control issues, first responder concerns, forgiveness, end-of-life counseling, life purpose, post-traumatic stress, and self-love.
What is the therapy style like?
Sessions are conversational and practical. The therapist listens for strengths and patterns, then works with clients to try concrete changes that fit everyday life.
How much experience does the therapist have?
He has 29 years of professional work experience supporting people with a broad range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
Charles is a Licensed Professional Counselor, credentialed as an LPC in Texas. He practices from Texas and lists that as his professional location.
Which languages are offered and can international clients be seen?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time based on therapist availability.
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