Charene Carrington is an Associate Licensed Counselor (ALC) in the state of Alabama under the supervision of Jerry Gibson, LPC, NCC. Charene graduated with her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Faulkner University. For the last two years she served as a counseling intern with Journey to New Beginnings, while fulfilling her Master of Science Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Her clinical experience thus far has focused primarily on working with women ages 18 and over with a history of sexual trauma and women’s issues. She additionally addresses grief, life transitions, interpersonal conflict, anxiety, depression and perinatal health. Charene has also been a been a licensed massage therapist which gives her a unique understanding of psychosomatic therapy.

Charene’s theoretical orientation for counseling is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This approach is helpful because it encompasses both the thought patterns and behaviors of a person, connecting them in a way that can help people to better understand how his or her thinking and feelings influence the why behind what they do-how they navigate through the world. It is her firm belief that if a person can master the mind-which encompasses all the thoughts and feelings one experiences-that person can radically improve and positively change the quality of his or her life for as long as they live. CBT is a theoretic, therapeutic approach that provides tools to effectively achieve this goal.