About Charnell
Charnell Benjamin-Carter welcomes people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or drained by relationships and life changes. She practices in Florida and aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear. Charnell frames conversations in plain language and helps people find practical next steps during sessions.
She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 17 years of experience. Her background includes internship work at an inpatient residential facility focused on eating disorders and substance abuse.
How Charnell works
That early experience shaped her focus on healing from trauma and addressing addictive behaviors. In session Charnell draws on several approaches, including cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness practices, and emotionally focused work. She looks beyond surface problems to the patterns and core issues that keep stress and conflict repeating.
Sessions mix skill-building, reflective listening, and goal-focused planning. Charnell also brings knowledge about family dynamics, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, and caregiver stress. She offers support around grief, intimacy-related struggles, body image, and communication problems.
People often seek help for anxiety, depression, parenting strain, and coping with major life transitions. Her style balances direct feedback with warmth and encouragement. Charnell combines clinical experience with practical tools so people leave with concrete steps.
To begin, the site matching process helps pair someone with her and schedule an initial session.
Charnell lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Charnell works with
The areas below are the ones Charnell selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches in online sessions
Charnell commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT often involves setting goals, testing new behaviors, and practicing skills between sessions to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic habits.She also incorporates acceptance and commitment therapy which focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings remain. That approach can help with stress, life transitions, and ongoing worry by teaching present-focused skills and flexible responding.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. Sessions can be adjusted over time so techniques and pacing match what is helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow quick reflections and ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity when life gets hectic.
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A practical next step
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