Charles Allen, LPC

Charles Allen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia who brings a long and varied background to his private practice. After a 40-year career in church music ministry, he returned to school to earn a master of science in psychology from Argosy University in 1995, then spent 15 years working in public mental health before opening a solo private practice in 2010. As an LPC, he is trained and licensed to provide counseling and therapeutic services to individuals and couples.

His primary focus is working with couples preparing for marriage and with partners who want to restore or strengthen an existing marriage. He is a Level 3 Gottman Therapist and draws on evidence-informed methods to address relationship, intimacy, and communication challenges. He identifies with traditional marriage values and often works from the practical perspective he and his spouse developed over a long marriage that began in 1965. That personal experience informs his belief that many relationship difficulties can improve when both partners are willing to try again.

In addition to couples work, he provides counseling for family and fatherhood issues, commitment and communication problems, divorce and separation, infidelity, anger management, men’s concerns, and post-traumatic stress. He is also a Court Approved Counselor who sees clients referred by the courts for anger management as well as those who choose to pursue anger work voluntarily. He welcomes conversations about individual needs and treatment options and looks forward to speaking with prospective clients about their specific goals.

Relationship-Focused Approaches and Online Therapy Options

Charles Allen uses Client-Centered Therapy and the Gottman Method as central approaches in his relationship and family work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding each person’s perspective and building a respectful therapeutic relationship where clients lead the pace of change - it helps with life transitions, communication struggles, and personal growth. The Gottman Method focuses on practical skills for couples such as improving communication, managing conflict, and rebuilding trust, making it useful for premarital counseling and marriage restoration.

He also incorporates elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and patterns that affect relationships and emotional coping. Selecting the right approach is part of the therapeutic work; he will collaborate with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access licensed professionals from different locations within the therapist’s service area.