Stephanie Charles, LCSW
Compassionate, practical support for everyday challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Stephanie
Stephanie Charles is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She brings eight years of professional experience helping people facing addictions, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She works in a straightforward, respectful way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Stephanie centers sessions on each person's strengths and lived experience. She treats people as the experts on their own stories while offering guidance to untangle difficult moments.
Background and approach
Many clients come for help with relationship tension, stress, self-esteem, or life transitions. In sessions she uses clear, goal-oriented conversations to identify patterns and set manageable goals. For someone dealing with compulsive behaviors, postpartum challenges, or career stress, Stephanie breaks problems into small, workable steps.
She also supports people facing multicultural pressures, discrimination, or feelings of isolation. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including bipolar disorder, ADHD, process addictions, and compassion fatigue. She helps people develop coping tools for anger, jealousy, and communication problems.
The focus is on real-world strategies that fit a client's day-to-day life. Stephanie offers empathy alongside direct problem-solving. She helps parents handle the strain of parenting while balancing other responsibilities.
Her approach combines listening, practical coaching, and steady support so clients can make sustainable changes.
What Stephanie works with
Everything Stephanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Stephanie helps people with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
Approaches that guide online sessions
Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and coping skills. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful patterns and developing step-by-step strategies to change them; this helps with issues like compulsive behaviors, anxiety, and mood swings. Another approach centers on building strengths and problem-solving, which is useful for concerns such as low self-esteem, career stress, and parenting strain.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. Together they decide which methods fit the client’s needs and daily life, and progress is reviewed over time.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth or comfort with video is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing coaching convenient between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility for busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, and make it easier to keep momentum on specific goals.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does Stephanie commonly address?
She helps with addictions, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, parenting, anger, career challenges, bipolar and depression among other concerns.
What is her approach to therapy?
Her style is strengths-focused and practical. She helps clients set small goals, spot patterns, and build coping skills that can be used day to day.
How much experience does she have?
Stephanie has eight years of professional work experience as a clinician in New York.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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