Charles Lawrence Allen

Office Locations -

Charles is in private practice with other psychological professionals to meet a variety of mental health needs. A full service professional staff is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to assist in making your visit a comfortable and private experience.

* Appointments can be made for psychotherapy or consultation only.

* No appointment can be made for the purpose of: 1) determining short or long term disability, 2) giving permission to take a leave of absence from (or return to) work, 3) determining divorce and/or child custody issues, 4) establishing a mental health history for providing testimony in a law suite, or 5) prescribing of medication.

Maps and Paperwork -

Please feel free to fill out the intake forms and bring them to your first visit. You can download the forms from the links below:

Tampa office is located near the corner of Bearss and N. Florida Avenue just off I-275 in Tampa at:

15436 N. Florida Avenue

Suite 102

Tampa, FL 33613

(813) 963-1016

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Intake forms for this office:

Adult Paperwork

Under 18 Paperwork

Brandon I office is located at near the corner of W. Brandon Blvd (Hwy. 60) and S. Kings Ave. at:

915 Oakfield Drive
Suite C
Brandon, FL 33511
(813) 963-1016

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Intake forms for this office:

Adult Paperwork

Under 18 Paperwork

Brandon II* office is also located at near the corner of W. Brandon Blvd (Hwy. 60) and S. Kings Ave. at:

710 Oakfield Drive
Suite 261
Brandon, FL 33511
(813) 689-4140

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Intake forms for this office:

Adult Paperwork

Under18 Paperwork

* this office location only accepting Tricare, United Health Care, and Cigna until further notice.

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If you are suicidal or homicidal please get help from your local crisis center or call 911 for immediate assistance. Do not wait for an appointment.

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What you should know about Charles -

We hope you take some time to browse the website. If you are considering attending therapy with Charles this page will provide you with valuable information in helping you make that decision.

Charles is a psychotherapist - trained in therapy methods to help individuals manage a variety of mental health and daily living problems toward improvement of overall functioning. His role is to do talk therapy. Therapy occurs after specific problem identification and specific goal setting. You and he would work together toward problem resolution and accomplishment of goals.

Charles has been in practice for over 20 years and has extensive experience in treating people from all walks of life. Positive or specific results from psychotherapy treatment are not guaranteed.

You may want to consider medication as a method of helping you toward symptom reduction or mood improvement; in that case, your primary care doctor or a psychiatrist can assist you in making that choice

Psychotherapy and use of medication can be done at the same time and can be an effective choice for many people.

Charles is not a physician or psychiatrist who prescribes medication. Also, he is not a psychologist who might do an in-depth evaluation, or a diagnostic work-up. If you need one of those services he will help to make a referral for you.

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Please read this -

IMPORTANT: Charles will not be documenting information for your use in a court of law – this includes but is not limited to cases of divorce, child custody, short or long term disability.

Also, he will not be able to fill out paperwork for your short or long term disability case either for your employer, your human resources department, your lawyer, the department of social security disability, or for you personally.

Have you been missing work or have you stopped going to work due to the symptom(s) you are seeking help for? If so, please re-read the above information.