Stephanie Charles, LCSW

Licensed in New York · 8 years in practice

Stephanie Charles is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with eight years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, New York: 096634 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1528571494 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 8
Languages: English

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About Stephanie

Stephanie Charles is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with eight years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with addictions, relationship struggles, family conflict, low self-esteem, and motivation. She offers calm, direct support for people facing depression, bipolar symptoms, anxiety, stress, and parenting strains.

She treats problems in straightforward ways and centers each conversation on the person's strengths and goals. In sessions she listens for what already works, then helps build on those skills to manage hard moments.

Background and approach

She also helps people handle anger, career stress, compassion fatigue, and process addictions such as gambling or compulsive behaviors. Her work includes attention to communication problems, isolation and loneliness, multicultural concerns, and issues around prejudice and discrimination. She also supports people managing postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, and obsessive or compulsive patterns.

Stephanie aims to help people increase self-love and confidence while coping with life changes. Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps therapy practical and action-oriented. She views clients as experts on their own lives and partners with them to set realistic goals.

Short-term coaching-style work and longer therapy both fit into her approach, depending on what a person needs. Sessions may include talking through choices, practicing new ways to handle stress, and setting small experiments to try between meetings. Her style is collaborative and supportive, focused on helping people make steady, manageable progress.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Stephanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

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

Online support

Evidence-based approaches for online care

Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building. One approach emphasizes teaching coping skills and behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and manage stress. This involves breaking problems into smaller steps and practicing new responses between sessions to build confidence and reduce overwhelm.

Another common focus is work that targets addictive behaviors and compulsions by identifying triggers and creating clear plans for change. Sessions often include formulating manageable plans, monitoring urges, and testing alternatives to habitual responses to support recovery and reduce relapse risk.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life situation. Together they decide whether short-term coaching, ongoing therapy, or a mix of techniques will best support progress.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Video calls are good for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing, flexible communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy days while keeping the process consistent.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Stephanie commonly address?

She works with people facing addictions, relationship and family problems, self-esteem struggles, depression, bipolar symptoms, anxiety, and stress. Additional focuses include parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and process addictions.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She centers strengths, sets clear goals, and uses evidence-based techniques to teach coping skills and behavior changes.

How much professional experience does she have?

She has eight years of professional experience working with people across a range of concerns and life challenges in New York.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that region.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats does she offer?

People can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs.

How are fees and payments handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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