Charlotte Lajoie, LMHC

Charlotte Lajoie is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, or big life changes. Her style is direct and respectful, with an emphasis on practical steps that people can use between sessions.

Charlotte’s early work began in a psychiatric hospital and community mental health settings before she moved into private practice. That variety of experience shaped how she talks with people and how she matches strategies to each situation. She draws on modern ideas about the nervous system, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral techniques to reduce distress and build new patterns.

Sessions are conversational and collaborative. She listens for the specific problems you name and then works with you to create a clear, personalized plan. That plan may include mindfulness exercises, thought-focused work, or skills for emotion regulation and communication.

Areas she focuses on include intimacy and attachment concerns, coping with abandonment or separation, body image and gender identity matters, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and grief or end-of-life issues. She also addresses control struggles, hoarding, guilt and shame, and anger or impulsivity.

Charlotte aims to treat people with sensitivity and respect. She frames therapy as a shared process and encourages clients to take practical steps that fit their everyday lives. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful when life feels stuck or when painful memories lead to avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete techniques for changing patterns that increase distress. That approach can help with anxiety, mood, and problem-solving. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotion regulation, and it can be helpful for intimacy and attachment concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit best with their goals and preferences. Sessions can combine elements from different approaches so the plan is tailored to what the client needs and wants.

Please confirm current session options before booking because the biography does not list specific online formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Many people find remote sessions useful for maintaining consistent support while juggling work, caregiving, or health-related limitations.