Dr. Charles W. Washam specializes in individual and marital psychoanalytic psychotherapy. His areas of focus and treatment include: generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, major depressive disorder, personality disorders (borderline, narcissistic), and spirituality, i.e., an authentic "existential" conversation about one's meaning and purpose in life.

 

With over 35 years of experience, Dr. Washam is licensed in several states as a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, and professional clinical counselor. He trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Emory University and completed his personal analysis in 1989. Additionally, Dr. Washam is an ordained Episcopal priest (1978), and his full-time ministry has focused exclusively on providing psychotherapy. 

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Dr. Washam is a Board Certified Diplomate with the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work and with the American Board of Medical Psychotherapy. He is nationally certified as a Clinical Fellow by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists, the American Group Psychotherapy Association, the National Board for Certified Counselors, the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, and the American Association of Clinical Pastoral Education.