Miriam Charles-Flores , LCSW

Miriam Charles-Flores is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of professional experience across outpatient and inpatient hospitals, schools, and private practice settings. She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Smith College, where she received extensive training in psychodynamic theory alongside other clinical orientations. Over the course of her career she has developed expertise in addressing depression, anxiety disorders, complex trauma, mood disorders, intimacy and relationship concerns, and family conflicts.

Her clinical approach blends a broad theoretical background with practical techniques, integrating mindful thinking, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and personalized evidence-based methods to inform assessment and treatment planning. Miriam emphasizes thorough, individualized clinical assessment as the foundation for identifying therapeutic goals and designing a treatment plan tailored to each person's needs and priorities. She values a compassionate, attentive stance that encourages client participation and fosters self-understanding.

Miriam believes individuals possess the capacity to identify and resolve internal conflicts, and she aims to reduce repetitive patterns of depression and anxiety through psycho-educational treatment plans, thoughtful support, guidance, and practical problem-solving skills. Her work reflects a commitment to helping clients gain awareness, build coping skills, and move toward meaningful change.

Attachment-Informed, Cognitive, and Mindful Online Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns influence current bonds and emotional responses. It helps clients explore trust, closeness, and safety in relationships and can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment concerns, and family dynamics.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, skills-based approach that identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches strategies to shift them. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and mood concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy cultivates present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience, supporting emotion regulation, stress reduction, and coping with difficult feelings.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Miriam will work collaboratively with clients to assess their needs, goals, and preferences and to adapt methods that fit each person’s situation. That collaborative process helps shape an individualized plan that draws on attachment, cognitive, and mindfulness tools as appropriate.

Online therapy offers flexible options to engage with licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, maintain continuity over time, and access care from different locations while working with therapists who use the approaches described above.