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Charles McBride (he/him), LPC

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Trauma, Abuse Depression
Video Phone Messaging

About me

I am a professional counselor, licensed in Oregon, with over 15 years of experience. I have worked as both a residential substance abuse treatment counselor and as a outpatient mental health counselor with an employee and family assistance program. I have worked with clients with a broad range of issues including substance abuse, depression, anxiety, relationship concerns and sexuality. I have also worked with first responders who have experienced trauma.

My counseling style is warm and supportive, with a little bit of humor thrown into the mix. All clients will be treated with respect and compassion, regardless of where they are on their life's journey. I strongly believe that the client is the only expert of his/her/their life and it is my job to help each one reach their full potential. We enter counseling to change something in our lives; whatever we are currently doing isn't working. But we must change how we think in order for our new behaviors to have lasting change.

To this end, my approach combines cognitive-behavioral, rational-emotive, and client-centered counseling. Just as each client is unique, each treatment plan must be as well. We will work together to create a plan that meets your specific needs. I look forward to our first session!

Professional experience

15yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Trauma, Abuse Depression

Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Antisocial personality, Co-morbidity, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Men's issues, Money and financial issues, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexuality, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Messaging

License information

OR LPC C5576

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Charles McBride (he/him). We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Easy to talk with and understanding

Written on Aug 17, 2024 after therapy with Charles for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and adhd

Charles is great

Written on Mar 13, 2024 after therapy with Charles for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, and compassion fatigue

Charles McBride is really good at rewarding positivity.

Written on Mar 12, 2024 after therapy with Charles for 1 year and 10 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem

Charles is an excellent listener and a supportive, realistic yet optimistic person to have in your corner. Thank you for helping me through one of the toughest times in my life.

Written on Jan 08, 2024 after therapy with Charles for 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and career difficulties

Charles helped me during a very dark time in my life late-2022 when I went through multiple layoffs and was going through relationship troubles. I can struggle to hear things in a very blunt manner and operate better through a nurturing system where someone helps you find the answers on your own and Charles does that to a tee. One year later and I can confidently say that 2023 has been the best year of my life because of a stable social life, blossoming career, and most importantly feeling more confident in my own skin.

A lot of that was through the help of Charles.

Written on Dec 19, 2023 after therapy with Charles for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd

He’s a great listener with no judgment and gives honest and helpful advice and feedback.

Written on Aug 08, 2023 after therapy with Charles for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues