Dr. Charlotte Blanding , LMHC

Dr. Charlotte Blanding is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on supporting people who are facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at helping people take small steps that make daily life more manageable.

She uses straightforward talk and active listening to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions often focus on identifying immediate concerns, building coping strategies, and setting short-term goals that fit real life. She also helps people work through compassion fatigue, addiction-related worries, anger, and career-related stress.

Dr. Blanding draws on client-centered methods to create a respectful, empathetic space where people lead the conversation about what they need. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and solution-focused methods to set concrete next steps. Motivational interviewing supports people who want to change habits and stay motivated.

Her background includes work with women’s issues, aging and geriatric concerns, cancer-related stress, caregiver strain, codependency, and the aftermath of divorce or domestic violence. She listens for the practical problems behind emotional pain and helps people build daily routines that relieve pressure.

People connect with her when they want a clear plan and real tools rather than long theory. She encourages starting where you are and tackling one problem at a time. The first step is a brief matching process and then scheduling a session that fits the person’s life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Dr. Blanding commonly uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral therapy in her online work. Client-centered methods mean the person sets the pace and topics while the therapist listens, reflects, and helps clarify what matters most. This is useful for people who want a caring space to make sense of feelings and priorities.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions. It helps with anxiety, low mood, and patterns that get in the way of daily tasks by teaching simple techniques to change thinking and behavior.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens collaboratively. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as needed based on progress and preference.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is low, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.