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Charles Quinn

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Charles Quinn, LPC

Missouri

LPC counselor - anxiety and relationships

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Where Charles stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Missouri / 2019009356
NPI
1619430519
Experience
17 years
Languages
English
Location
Missouri

About

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy

About Charles

Charles Quinn is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri with 17 years of counseling experience. He served 25 years in the military before moving into counseling work. He commonly works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship issues, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns.

He uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions. He draws on client-centered methods to listen and understand each person's perspective. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking, and dialectical behavior strategies for emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Clients can expect work on communication, boundaries, and patterns that keep them stuck. He addresses topics such as codependency, substance use, impulsivity, anger, and parenting strain. He also supports people dealing with abandonment, infidelity, jealousy, and fatherhood issues.

Charles brings military experience into his clinical work, which informs how he understands structure, stress responses, and transition. He describes therapy as a place to build trust and face change one step at a time. His approach is direct but respectful, focused on practical steps rather than abstract theory.

Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English. Prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session via the platform's online therapy options button.

How sessions work

How his approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client. Online sessions using this style center on understanding a person's priorities and experiences and building a collaborative plan.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them through action. In virtual sessions CBT often includes homework, simple exercises, and structured skill practice to change thinking and behavior over time.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Online DBT work typically breaks skills into short, repeatable practices that can be tried between sessions to manage strong emotions and improve communication.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will help identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust plans as those needs change.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example shorter check-ins during a work break or avoiding travel time. It also supports steady skill practice between meetings and simple use of worksheets or exercises assigned for home practice.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessImpulsivityInfidelityJealousyMen's issuesVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

17+ years

Listed in

Missouri

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does he help with?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting strain, and related concerns such as codependency and abandonment.

What is his therapy style like?

He uses straightforward conversation and practical skills. He blends client-centered listening with CBT and DBT tools to address thinking patterns and emotional regulation.

How much experience does he have?

He has 17 years of counseling experience and served 25 years in the military before moving into clinical work.

What credential does he hold and where is he based?

He is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor, credentialed in Missouri, and practices from that state.

Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original profile did not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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