- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Char
Char Midkiff is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 14 years of experience. She draws on personal life experience and professional practice to help people facing grief, major life shifts, and ongoing stress. Char aims to offer steady support while people work toward clearer goals and healthier routines.
She approaches sessions in a straightforward, empathetic way. Conversations focus on the immediate problems you want to change. Char uses tools from cognitive behavioral ideas to reframe unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to each person. Char has supported people through serious health concerns and end-of-life caregiving, and she has personal experience with blended family dynamics. That background informs how she helps people manage complicated emotions, parenting challenges, and relationship strain.
She also works with concerns like anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, ADHD, and career transitions. In practical terms, sessions are geared toward small, doable steps. Clients and Char set clear aims together and track progress over time.
She blends solution-focused planning with mindfulness practices to ease distress and improve focus. Clients describe the work as collaborative and goal oriented. If you want help sorting priorities, coping with loss, or changing patterns that interfere with daily life, Char offers steady guidance and concrete strategies.
What Char works with
Everything Char lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Char helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Char lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Char’s Approaches Work Online
Char uses client-centered work to listen and reflect what matters to you. This approach helps build trust and puts your priorities at the center of each session. It is useful when you need someone to hear your story and help you sort what to do next.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that keep coming back. These two approaches can be mixed with mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to keep sessions practical and action oriented.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Char will collaborate with you to pick methods that match your goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so the work stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation, phone uses less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks, and chat or messaging can fit into tight schedules or offer brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while managing daily commitments.
Questions people ask about Char
What kinds of problems does Char help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting concerns, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, ADHD, career changes, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and collaborative. She combines client-centered listening with practical strategies to set goals and change unhelpful habits.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Char has 14 years of clinical experience and personal experience with blended family life, caregiving, and serious health challenges, which inform her work with clients.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (FL LMHC) and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Char?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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