About Norma
Dr. Norma Charles is a licensed psychologist practicing in Louisiana and Florida with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy problems, and LGBT-related issues.
She approaches sessions with calm support and straightforward guidance so people can take clear next steps. She begins by listening to each person's story and recognizing their strengths. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and works alongside them to set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and goal-focused while also making room for emotion and healing. Dr. Charles has a long history of working with multicultural populations and veterans and armed forces issues.
That background informs how she understands cultural influences, life transitions, and identity concerns that affect everyday coping. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms and improve functioning. In sessions, she offers encouragement, support, and strategies people can apply between meetings.
She helps clients break problems into manageable steps and practices new skills together in the room. The approach aims to reduce symptoms and improve relationships and daily routines. People who prefer a respectful, steady guide during difficult changes often find her style helpful.
Her work emphasizes collaboration, practical tools, and building on existing strengths to create lasting change.
Evidence-based approaches and online access
Dr. Charles uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear strategies and practical exercises. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing, pacing, and behavior changes that reduce worry and avoidant patterns. Another approach focuses on mood and motivation, helping people identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral steps to lift mood and increase activity.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She listens to a person's goals, history, and daily challenges, then suggests techniques that fit those needs. Together they review what works and adjust the plan as treatment progresses.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or backup when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick, focused exchanges, and messaging is useful for brief updates and skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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