Ms Lorene Charles
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
“I am passionate about helping people become comfortable with their emotions and more authentic in their relationships and with themselves. I can help you learn how to use your body to introspectively explore the feelings you experience. I teach clients how to be more grounded, feel more centered and be less reactive.”
About Me
Approach
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Services
Services Offered:
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Counseling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
A therapist in training working toward full licensure in marriage and family therapy, practising under clinical supervision.
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Mindfulness
The practice of paying deliberate attention to the present moment without judgement, used to reduce stress and increase awareness of automatic reactions.
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Psychotherapy
In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.
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Individual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
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Somatic Psychotherapy
A form of therapy focused on the connection between mind and body, using body awareness and movement to release held tension, trauma, and emotion.
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Therapy
Professional treatment for mental health concerns, providing a structured space for insight, emotional processing, and behavioural change.
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Online Counselling
Counselling conducted via video, phone, or secure messaging, providing professional support remotely.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Individuals
- •Couples
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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LGBTQI+ Support
The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Women's Issues
Psychological challenges more commonly experienced by women, including gender-based stress, reproductive health concerns, body image, caregiving burden, and societal expectations.
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Young Adult Issues
The unique psychological challenges of emerging adulthood (18–25), including identity formation, independence, relationship navigation, and finding direction.
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Codependency
A relational pattern in which a person's sense of identity and self-worth becomes excessively tied to caring for or controlling another person, often at their own expense.
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Gender Identity & Self-Image
A person's internal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with the sex assigned at birth, and the distress or exploration that can accompany this.
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Identity & Self-Image
A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.
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Self-Care
Deliberate actions taken to maintain or improve one's own mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Self-Esteem
A person's overall sense of their own worth and value. When chronically low, it can drive self-doubt, avoidance, and difficulty in relationships.
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Professional Title:
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Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
A therapist in training working toward full licensure in marriage and family therapy, practising under clinical supervision.
Qualifications
Wright Institute
Registrations
Marriage and Family Therapist
Associate