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About Charnell

Charnell Benjamin-Carter is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 17 years of experience. She greets people calmly and helps them take practical steps when life feels overwhelming. Her approach blends straightforward talk with tools that people can use between sessions.

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction-related concerns, and ADHD. She also supports people facing grief, trauma, intimacy and relationship struggles, eating concerns, parenting strain, and major life changes.

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Background and approach

Charnell uses familiar language and concrete strategies so conversations feel usable right away. Her background includes a degree from Nova Southeastern University and an internship at an inpatient residential center for women with eating disorders and substance use challenges. That early work shaped how she thinks about recovery and family repair.

She has spent many years working with relationship and family concerns, including recovery from infidelity and conflict resolution. Her clinical toolkit draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered methods, and Mindfulness Therapy. Sessions often mix practical exercises, emotion-focused conversation, and values-based goals.

She adapts methods to each person’s situation rather than using a single formula. Charnell works with adults who want clearer communication, steadier mood, or help managing addictive patterns and stressful life transitions. Conversations focus on identifying what’s not working now and building small, achievable changes toward a better routine and more reliable relationships.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are strong. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing practical skills to change them, which can help with mood, anxiety, and addictive behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotions in relationships and helps people understand and shift patterns that keep partners or individuals stuck.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily life, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick methods and try them for a few sessions, adjusting as needed to find the best fit for the issue at hand.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet when schedules are busy. Video calls work well for in-depth sessions that use visual cues, phone sessions can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to work on skills consistently and fit therapy into real-life routines.
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Questions people ask

What issues does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, ADHD, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem and career challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style combines practical skill-building with emotion-focused conversation. Sessions include concrete exercises, goal-setting, and discussion about values to guide change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of counseling experience, including work at an inpatient residential facility focused on eating disorders and substance use.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - and practices from Florida.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
17 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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