Charisse Staine, LPC

Charisse Staine, LPC, is a Texas-based Licensed Professional Counselor with 8 years of experience supporting people through complex emotional challenges. She works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, difficult life transitions, and workplace stress, offering practical guidance and emotional support tailored to each person’s situation. Charisse explains her LPC credential as a Licensed Professional Counselor, indicating formal training and state licensure in therapeutic practice.

Her approach is culturally responsive and particularly attuned to the experiences of Black professionals and young adults seeking meaningful personal growth. She emphasizes self-love, clearer communication, and healing from experiences of prejudice and discrimination, and she provides a faith-informed space for clients who find that aspect helpful. Charisse assists clients in exploring life purpose, addressing social anxiety, and strengthening coping strategies for both everyday pressures and major life changes.

Drawing from evidence-based practices, Charisse helps people build self-esteem, process complex emotions, and cultivate resilience. Her work is highly personalized, recognizing each individual’s unique journey and capacity for change, and she is committed to walking alongside clients with steady support and professional guidance.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Charisse uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that translate well to online settings. She teaches skills to manage anxious thoughts and unhelpful behavior - practical strategies clients can use to reduce worry, panic symptoms, and daily stress. She also offers exploratory work focused on processing difficult emotions and building self-compassion - a helpful approach for depression, feelings of emptiness, guilt, or shame. Additionally, Charisse helps clients develop communication and coping skills for workplace challenges and relationship concerns, addressing issues like social anxiety, career stress, and interpersonal conflict.

Finding the right combination of techniques is part of the therapeutic process, and Charisse approaches that decision collaboratively. She works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and the strategies that feel most useful, adjusting the plan over time as needs change.

Online therapy with Charisse is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care while balancing work, family, and daily demands, and they allow clients to access licensed professionals from locations across Texas.