Charlie Donaldson, MA, LLP is the co-founder of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan. His life passion—the exploration of the human psyche—first presented itself in his love of literature, particularly in the novels of Joyce, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. After teaching for many years, in mid-life he found a new venue for his fascination as a counseling psychologist. He received an MA from Western Michigan University in 1993 and established an agency that focused on men and men’s issues, and offered interventions for abusive and chemically-dependent men.
Charlie says he gained his greatest fulfillment as a counselor in running a long-term men’s therapy group, Transitions, a program based on the assumption that change is what happens to us and transitions are how we handle change. He states that he repeatedly watched men grow into more accountable, compassionate persons who learned to develop more honest and intimate relationships.
Charlie is a co-author of Stop Hurting the Woman You Love: Breaking the Cycle of Abusive Behavior and Mascupathy: Understanding and Healing the Malaise of American Manhood. He has presented on approaches to therapy with men in numerous settings, and has assembled manuals and worksheets for treatment providers in their work with court-referred clients and substance abuse. Charlie founded the Men’s Counseling Center of Northern Michigan where he conducts online counseling and coaching, facilitates a men’s group, and sees clients.