Charley Wininger L.P., L.M.H.C.

About

Charley Wininger, L.P., L.M.H.C., is a New York City-based, Gestalt-trained psychotherapist with more than 20 years experience. He runs two workshops about relationships, “Breaking Up Without Breaking Down," and one focusing on relationship and communication skills for couples called “The RelationShop.”

He’s written numerous articles on dating and relationships, and been called “The Love Doctor” by The New York Times. An expert in men’s issues as well as male-female relationships, Charley has made numerous appearances on local and national television, as well as published pieces in Travel & Leisure and other periodicals. He lives with his wife and pet chinchilla in Brooklyn, N.Y. His personal blog is The Joy Project.

Recent Posts

On Sex, Dogs and Androgyny

One man's journey through the land of androgynous sexual attraction.

Confessions of a Couples Counselor

Sometimes with couples I feel like the surgeon in the operating room, who, upon seeing the spread of the tumor, closes the patient back up and sheds a silent tear. The patient had waited too long to seek treatment...

Confessions of a Therapist

The best advice I received to prepare me for practicing psychotherapy was this: "Expect to feel like a complete klutz for the first decade!" The advice turned out to be off by about five years (I'll let you guess in which direction).

Tea Party: The Scared and The Scary

Let's face it: If you don’t do politics, politics gets done to you. So let’s do some together right now, and let's tell the truth about it: The Tea Party, Obama, all of it.

Hippies: What We Can Learn From Them Now

 I might as well be honest with you about who I am and where I'm coming from. I've been a psychotherapist now for over 20 years, but I have hippie roots. And you know what? Those old hippies have something to say to us about the mess we're in now.

RX For Couples: Radical Gratitude

The Ecstatic Possibilities of Everyday Life