Charley Lang, LMFT, is co-founder of Narrative Counseling Center, providing consultation services for individuals, couples, and families, in addition to strength-based psychotherapy training for pre and post-licensed therapists. As director of the Psychology Concentration at Antioch University, his courses include ‘Queer Counseling & Narrative Practice,’ ‘Documentary Film & the American Psyche,’ ‘Madness in American History & Film,’ and ‘Shakespeare Deconstructed: Gender & Power Play.’ An avid cyclist, gardener, and film buff, Lang is an active member of reauthoringteaching.com, an online resource for narrative therapy students and practitioners around the world. For many years, he was director of the Postmodern Therapy Training Program at the California Family Counseling Center and mental health supervisor at the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena. Always on the lookout for new and inspiring alternative stories, Lang produced and directed several acclaimed documentary films, including the HBO award-winning ‘Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge.’
Teaching Faculty
Undergraduate Studies
Teaching Faculty
MA in Clinical Psychology
MA in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University Los Angeles
BFA in Drama, Catholic University of America
Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge (2003): Winner Best Documentary: Provincetown International Film Festival HBO Audience Award, Fire Island Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
Battle For the Tiara (1998): Winner Best Documentary: Outfest Los Angeles, Santa Barbara Film Festival, Sydney Queerdoc International Film Festival
Live To Tell: The First Gay & Lesbian Prom in America (1994): Winner Best Documentary: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Outfest Los Angeles, Chicago LGBT Film Festival, National Education Media Award, Cine Golden Eagle Award
- Human Sexualities
- Documentary Film & American Psyche
- Shakespeare Deconstructed: Gender & Power Play
- Psychology of Addiction
- Postmodern Psychotherapies
- Madness in American History and Film
- Contemporary Modes of Counseling
- Gay & Lesbian History in Documentary Film
- Couples Counseling
- Narrative Therapy in Clinical Practice
- Personality Theory II
- Brief Therapy
- Introduction to Psychological Theory
- Queer Counseling & Narrative Practice
- Practicum
- Process of Psychotherapy
- Solution-Focused Skills and Collaboration
- LGBT Artists & Imagery in American Cinema