Charles Bugh, LMHC

Charles Bugh is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 29 years in mental health and addiction work. He draws on long experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and midlife transitions. Charles writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.

He has a background that includes emergency medicine work and service as an EMT-A, along with experience in wilderness and swift water rescue. That background shapes his calm, problem-focused style and his comfort with crisis-related concerns. He also has experience with 12-step approaches to recovery and with first responder issues.

In sessions Charles tends to use cognitive behavioral therapy, with added tools when they fit the situation. He also draws on mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and short-term solution-focused methods. The work often centers on clear goals, small experiments, and steady skill-building.

Clients can expect a straightforward, collaborative approach. Conversations typically identify patterns, try out new ways of coping, and track what works. He pays attention to practical life demands like parenting, work stress, and relationship strain.

Charles practices in Indiana and works with a broad range of concerns including mood disorders, panic, addictions, and issues around intimacy and communication. People who want goal-oriented, experience-informed support for life changes often find his style useful.

Approaches that fit online care and life changes

Charles commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing in ways that suit online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, panic, depression, and mood management. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what they want to change and strengthens motivation for steps like reducing substance use or starting new routines.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying practical tools, checking what helps, and shifting the plan as needed.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports using worksheets, real-time behavioral experiments, and mindfulness exercises between sessions to help progress outside appointment times.