About Charalambos
Charalambos Kyriacou is a California-licensed psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people manage addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, attention concerns, and issues common in LGBTQ communities. He writes treatment plans to match each person’s needs and works in a direct, respectful way.
He uses straightforward conversation and practical strategies rather than medical jargon. He listens for what matters most to each person and adapts the pace of sessions to suit them.
Background and approach
Sessions are intended to build skills for day-to-day coping and clearer thinking. Over his career he has supported people facing a wide range of concerns, including abandonment and attachment issues, body image and communication problems, chronic illness and pain, and patterns such as codependency or control issues. He also brings experience with autism spectrum and personality-related struggles when those topics arise.
His approach is collaborative: he and the person work together to set goals, try approaches, and adjust plans when needed. That means checking in about what is helping and what is not, and changing course when necessary. Therapy sessions are offered from California and are delivered in English.
Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The practice uses a subscription scheduling model that can be canceled at any time.
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Charalambos uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life change. One common approach emphasizes structured conversation and behavioral strategies to reduce depressive symptoms and improve daily routines, which can help with mood, energy, and motivation. Another approach targets attention and memory issues with practical exercises and organization strategies aimed at improving concentration and task follow-through. These techniques are useful for people juggling symptoms of ADHD, depression, or mood instability.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Clients collaborate on pacing and priorities so treatment fits their needs and life circumstances.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual cues matter, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick, written touchpoints that can fit between work or family commitments. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy lives without long commutes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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