Chris McCarthy, PhD, LCMHC is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. 

His specialties include working with individuals of all ages with anxiety, depression, conflict resolution, and relational issues.

Chris sees a lot of children, teens, & families for anxiety and behavioral issues, couples for relational issues, and individuals for anxiety and depression issues.

His dissertation was in couples’ communication and he’s co-authored an anxiety program for children which sells world-wide called, Turnaround: Turning Fear into Freedom.

Chris is a member of the IOCDF and frequent guest on NBC's Charlotte Today.

He’s known around the office as the laughing therapist because he makes his clients laugh while at the same time helping them work through their issues.

He has a PhD and 3 Masters degrees in: Counseling, Theology and Christian Education. He was married in 1993 and has 3 children. Read his child anxiety blog here 

Areas of Experience

Children (all forms of anxiety and depression, behavioral and parenting issues)

teens and young adults (behavioral, social, parenting, depression and anxiety)

marriage (all issues),

individuals with anxiety and depression, spiritual growth, parenting and men's issues.

General: Gender confusion, sexual abuse recovery (male and female), mid-life crisis

Ages

children (6+), teens and adults