Stephanie Charles, LCSW
Practical support for anger and life stressors
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Stephanie works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Stephanie
Stephanie Charles is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people handle anger and related struggles. She works with adults seeking clearer communication, steadier moods, and better ways to cope with stress. Stephanie writes plainly and aims to make the first step less overwhelming.
She focuses on everyday problems like addiction, relationship strain, parenting stress, low self-esteem, and shifts in life circumstances. Her practice also addresses anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and issues tied to work and career.
Background and approach
Stephanie pays attention to how prejudice, multicultural issues, and isolation can affect someone’s sense of self. With eight years of experience in New York, she centers clients' strengths when planning next steps. She believes clients are the experts of their own stories and helps them build on what already works.
Sessions are collaborative and practical, aimed at usable tools rather than jargon. In conversations she helps people identify triggers, practice communication skills, and develop healthier habits around anger and impulses. For process addictions and compulsive behaviors she offers strategies to reduce harm and increase control.
Stephanie also supports parents dealing with postpartum mood changes and the ongoing stress of caregiving. Her approach balances coaching-style guidance with therapeutic reflection. She helps people set realistic goals and track progress.
The tone is direct but compassionate, suited to someone who wants clear steps and steady support.
What Stephanie works with
Everything Stephanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Stephanie's practice.
- 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
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes skill building for managing strong emotions like anger and anxiety, teaching moment-to-moment coping tools and strategies to reduce reactivity. Another approach centers on patterns in relationships and communication, helping people notice unhelpful cycles and practice clearer ways to ask for needs and set boundaries.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to pick methods that match their goals, lifestyle, and comfort level, and adjusts direction as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging is useful for ongoing coaching and quick reflections. These options make it simpler to work on anger, stress, and related concerns around work, parenting, and daily life.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with issues such as addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, relationship and family stress, self-esteem, parenting strain, bipolar mood concerns, and career-related stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on clients' strengths and concrete skills for managing emotions and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional work experience providing behavioral health support in New York.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that region.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.