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Miriam Charles-Flores, LCSW

  • Experience40 years
  • LocationConnecticut
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
  • LanguagesEnglish and Spanish
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About Miriam

Miriam Charles-Flores is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma, addictions, grief, and related life challenges.

Background and approach

She blends grounded assessment with a compassionate, client-centered stance to develop individualized plans that address mood disorders, family conflicts, eating and sleeping concerns, ADHD, and issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, and communication problems.

Trained at Smith College with deep exposure to psychodynamic ideas, Miriam integrates a range of evidence-informed methods including Internal Family Systems, cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based practices, mindfulness, and emotionally-focused interventions. She emphasizes collaborative goal-setting and psychoeducation so clients can better understand patterns that maintain distress and build practical skills for coping, problem solving, and healthier relationships.

Across outpatient, inpatient, school, and independent practice settings, Miriam has worked with diverse presentations and brings an attentive, empathic presence to sessions. Her approach foregrounds respect for each person’s inner capacity for change while offering structured strategies to reduce repetitive depression and anxiety and support lasting progress.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) addresses how different parts of a person relate to one another and to core values; sessions often involve noticing inner voices, building compassion for guarded or wounded parts, and helping those parts unburden difficult beliefs and emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships, helping clients understand how early bonds shape current reactions and supporting new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist follows the client’s lead and fosters self-discovery and autonomy.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Miriam works with clients to identify their goals, preferences, and responses to different methods, then tailors an integrated plan that may combine elements of IFS, attachment work, and client-centered techniques to match what the client needs most.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to access care from different locations. These options allow ongoing therapeutic attention, real-time coaching, and follow-up between sessions, supporting steady progress while meeting logistical needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Miriam commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, family conflicts, and related areas such as eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and career or parenting challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Miriam combines a client-centered, empathic presence with active, collaborative work on goals; she listens closely and supports clients in identifying their own understanding and solutions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 40 years of experience across outpatient and inpatient hospitals, schools, and independent practice settings, bringing broad exposure to complex trauma, mood disorders, and family systems.
What credential and location information should I know?
She is a licensed clinical social worker: CT LCSW 004928, and practices from Connecticut.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preference.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

40+ years

Licensed

Connecticut

Languages

English, Spanish