Charles Andrews, LMFT

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist in private practice in Belmont Heights, Long Beach California.

I recognize that sometimes we want change, and sometimes we just want to turn down the heat. Whatever your goals for therapy, I will support you as you reach them and come to live the life you yearn for. I specialize in working with intimate partners, and, really, any relationship challenge you may be facing with a partner, friend, family and work.

Because of the ongoing risk of COVID-19 variants I see most clients by teleconference via a secure version of Google Meet. I find clients like doing therapy this way. And I find it works quite well. It is also possible to consider face-to-face meetings. We can discuss this during initial conversation.

Couples Therapy

Is your intimate relationship a minefield of frustration and suspicion, anger and fear? Do you yearn for a loving, gratifying relationship of mutual understanding and compassion, that makes plenty of room for growth and change? I have helped many couples find exactly that and I can help you find it too.

Trauma Therapy & EMDR

If you suffer from PTSD I can help, using both EMDR and the Trauma Resiliency Model methods. These brief, powerful, proven protocols will help you reprocess and heal the effects of traumatic memories.

Anxiety

I am here to help you with the anxiety and depression that keep you feeling stuck and miserable. You can be freed. We can do it together.

The Full Catastrophe

Work; Family; Marriage; Relationships, Children. All these and more the Full Catastrophe described lightheartedly by Zorba the Greek in the famous novel. I’m here to help you live with and even enjoy the Catastrophe! To that end, I also see Families.

Life Transition

I can help you with major life-transitions, whatever they may be: beginning a career or ending one; career change and loss; personal change and loss and grief.

Discernment Counseling

This is a form of pre-couples counseling specifically designed to help you both make a clear decision about whether to stay in your relationship as it is, end your relationship, or commit to intensive couples counseling to heal and renew your relationship.