Dr. Charles Barringer is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience in the field of health and wellness. Dr. Barringer earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus, and completed an internship at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Both are APA approved programs. Prior to earning his doctorate, he served as a high school teacher, an international student advisor at a university, and worked in an acute-care inpatient facility for two years. Since earning his doctorate, Dr. Barringer has worked as a psychotherapist in two university-based counselling centers, as a community health psychologist with the Chicago Department of Public Health for 9 years and as the Chief Staff Counselor for with three different United Nations agencies for 10 years in Africa and Europe. He provides individual, group and family therapy, as well as a wide range of assessment tools to help clients better understand themselves. His areas of clinical expertise include evidence-based cognitive-behavioral and psycho-dynamic therapies for mood, anxiety, trauma and substance use disorders, stress and crisis management, personal growth and development, and chronic mental illness. Dr. Barringer has also designed and led a wide range or workshops on health-related topics and is an expert in mediation and conflict management. He has worked with people from many different cultural and ethnic back grounds and employs a client-centered humanistic model that respects the unique needs and aspirations of each client. His goal is to help clients solve problems (solution focused) and improve how they manage and overcome the health and life challenges they encounter. He provides both longer-term and short solution-focused psychotherapy.
| Degree | Major | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psy.D. | Clinical Psychology | Chicago School of Professional Psychology | 1997 |
