https://www.alfordcounseling.org/home daily 1.0 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053d4761272f852d8c11ffd/1619289729749-08YA9UUF7ZQ4FRHH36KA/DSC07862%25252B%252525283%25252529.jpg Home - Hello, I’m Charles Alford, therapist and certified Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP) serving clients from my private practice in Seattle. My approach is tailored to meet your goals and may include helping you solve your problems, develop your strengths, and provide skills to increase your daily life effectiveness. Often, this process involves giving attention to the thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and experiences that hinder living a balanced and meaningful life. My deliverance when working with clients is client-centered, collaborative, and non-judgmental. I invite you to learn more about my training and experience as well as my therapy practice in these pages. If you have questions or would like to talk with me about working together, I encourage you to call me for a free 15-minute phone consultation to see if I may be a good fit. 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There, I earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from its Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)-accredited program. The CACREP is the highest level of education accreditation within the profession. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services at the University of Phoenix and attained a Certificate of Achievement in Alcohol and Drug Counseling from Bellevue College. I am a certified Substance Use Disorders Professional (SUDP) in Washington State (#SUDP60145037). I hold a Multicultural Counseling specialization from Antioch University. This specialization is designed to provide advanced knowledge and skills related to multicultural experiences in clinical work, and to equip counselors with an advanced understanding of dynamics and strategies when working with clients from multicultural backgrounds and in promoting clinical change and social advocacy within diverse communities. I have completed the Level I Lifespan Integration training and use this method often when working with trauma. My specialties include: disordered substance use, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), intergenerational and racial trauma, depression, anxiety, finding meaning in life, and helping clients develop effective coping skills for the struggles that bring them to treatment. 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