Charlie Counselman, LCSW-A, LCAS-R, MSW, was born and raised in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. He has lived in North Carolina since 2001 and graduated from Guilford College in 2012 with a Bachelors in Religious Studies and minored in Film and Video Studies. Charlie obtained a Masters of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. Since then he has worked in every common setting for mental healthcare treatment including inpatient, outpatient, and mobile outreach. Charlie's hobbies and interests include making guitars, fishing, and movies.