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Charles Pearlstein, Therapist

Charles Pearlstein, MSW, LMSW, Therapist in Clarkston, Michigan

Specialties:
Adoption & foster care Bipolar Disorder Caregiving Family conflict General relationship issues Hallucinations Intense mood changes +78
Ages Served
3-75+
Manages Medications
No, provides therapy only
Accepts Insurance
Yes - View plans

About Charles Pearlstein (He/Him)

Charles Pearlstein LMSW ACSW is a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist in Michigan. He has been practicing since 1989. He received both his Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees in Clinical Social Work from Wayne State University School of Social Work in Detroit , MI. He also has training from The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute in Farmington Hills and other post Graduate training as well.

Charles believes in a treatment philosophy that encompasses the whole individual. He uses both Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamic therapy approaches. Charles works with individuals, couples, families, and groups.

His leisure activities include home improvement, gardening taking trips to museums, reading, music, and exercise.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Couples Therapy

Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.

  • Family conflict
  • General relationship issues
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Parenting
  • Premarital counseling
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Aging
  • Alcohol use
  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: requires some assistance
  • Autism: requires substantial support
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bullying or harassment
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Conditions caused by stress
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • End-of-life challenges
  • First responder stress
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gambling
  • Grief & loss
  • Intellectual challenges: requires some assistance
  • Intellectual challenges: requires substantial support
  • Intense mood changes
  • Men's health/issues
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Military & veteran
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Other addictive behaviors
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Phobias
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Pornography/sexual behaviors
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • Self-esteem
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits
  • Video game/internet

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Hallucinations
  • Intense mood changes
  • Psychosis/issues with reality
  • Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
  • Sexual trauma
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unusual thoughts or beliefs
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Aging
  • Alcohol use
  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: generally independent
  • Autism: requires some assistance
  • Autism: requires substantial support
  • Body image
  • Bullying or harassment
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Conditions caused by stress
  • Dementia & memory issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • End-of-life challenges
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • First responder stress
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gambling
  • Gender identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Hair pulling & skin picking
  • Hoarding
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • Intellectual challenges: requires some assistance
  • Intellectual challenges: requires substantial support
  • Learning challenges
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Men's health/issues
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Military & veteran
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Other addictive behaviors
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • Phobias
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Pornography/sexual behaviors
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress management
  • Unhealthy eating habits
  • Video game/internet

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Adoption & foster care
  • Caregiving
  • Parenting
  • ADHD
  • Alcohol use
  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: requires some assistance
  • Autism: requires substantial support
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bullying or harassment
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Conditions caused by stress
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gambling
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • Intellectual challenges: requires some assistance
  • Intellectual challenges: requires substantial support
  • Intense mood changes
  • Learning challenges
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Other addictive behaviors
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Phobias
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Pornography/sexual behaviors
  • Premarital counseling
  • School avoidance
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Video game/internet

Languages

  • English
  • Hebrew

Education

  • Wayne State University
  • Wayne State University School of Social Work

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Charles Pearlstein, Therapist in Clarkston, Michigan

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