Charlotte Gibbons, LCSW

Charlotte Gibbons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of practice helping people navigate relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. She works with common difficulties like anxiety, depression, stress, grief, anger, addictions, and intimacy concerns. She also supports clients facing issues related to ADHD, bipolar disorder, and LGBTQ matters.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions are respectful and focused on the person in front of her rather than labels. She listens closely, asks clear questions, and helps people notice patterns that get in the way of feeling better.

Charlotte blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening and dialectical techniques. That means she helps people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while also working to accept hard feelings. She also draws on Jungian perspectives and mindfulness practices when they fit the situation.

In practical terms she and the client shape the work together. Charlotte adapts conversations and plans to each person’s life, goals, and pace. She aims to build skills for handling stress, improving communication, and repairing relationships.

Her background includes long experience with family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family problems, caregiver stress, and first responder challenges. People who want straightforward help with coping, decision making, and rebuilding after difficult events will find a clear, steady approach.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Charlotte commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy when working online. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes attentive listening, empathy, and helping the client set the direction of the work.

She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness when those tools fit a client’s needs. Together these approaches offer both skills training and supportive reflection to handle relationship strain, trauma reactions, stress, and everyday coping challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and life demands. That means early sessions often include some assessment and discussion of which techniques feel most useful before committing to a plan.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for more in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work well with lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are options for ongoing support between calls or when written reflection feels easier. These formats give flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels.