About Char
Char Midkiff is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who brings 14 years of experience to her work. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. Char also supports those coping with addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career questions, and ADHD-related struggles.
Her path to counseling included working full time while completing her degree and raising a family. That background shapes a practical, down-to-earth style.
How Char works
Char has personal experience with blended family dynamics and end-of-life caregiving, and she is also a two-time cancer survivor. These life events inform how she listens and responds. She uses a mix of familiar approaches to fit each person’s needs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, client-centered methods, and solution-focused techniques are tools she commonly draws on. Sessions aim to build coping skills, reduce overwhelming emotions, and create small, realistic steps forward. Char keeps things straightforward and conversational.
Expect guidance on concrete strategies such as thought reframing, mindfulness exercises, behavior changes, and short-term goal setting. She helps people find practical ways to handle impulses, reduce isolation, and rebuild hope. Her work is collaborative; she invites clients to set goals and track progress over time.
Char emphasizes steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes. She welcomes conversations about identity, purpose, and the everyday challenges that get in the way of feeling well.
Char lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Char works with
The areas below are the ones Char selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Char’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and responding to each person’s experience. It emphasizes empathy, respect, and helping people find their own solutions, which can help with grief, life changes, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions. Mindfulness therapy adds attention training and simple practices to calm the mind and manage stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Char will talk with the client about needs, preferences, and goals, then recommend which methods to try. She adapts techniques over time and checks in about what is helping and what to change so the plan fits the person’s life.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins or people who prefer typing, and all formats support steady progress without needing to travel to appointments.
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