Char Midkiff, LMHC

Char Midkiff brings compassion and practical support to people navigating grief, life transitions, and emotional challenges. She focuses on offering hope, help, care, and steady support while guiding individuals toward greater mental and emotional wellbeing. Char values the unique strengths each person brings and works to help clients discover and use their gifts and talents as they pursue meaningful goals and healing.

She practices from an eclectic clinical stance that blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, cognitive processing strategies, solution-focused techniques, and a holistic perspective. Char draws on life experience as well as professional training to inform her approach. She retired from the City of Orlando, completed her degree while working full time and raising a family, and has used those experiences to deepen her understanding of perseverance and change.

Personal experiences have shaped Char's sensitivity to family complexity and end-of-life care. Both of her children have other mothers, which contributes to her insight into blended family dynamics. She has supported end-of-life care for a professional counselor and is a two-time cancer survivor, experiences that inform her empathy and counseling presence.

Char has worked with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, anger management, anxiety, behavioral issues, career difficulties, depression, emotional distress, grief, life and health transitions, sexual abuse, and substance use and addiction. She is an LMHC, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and brings 14 years of experience helping people build coping strategies, restore balance, and move toward positive change.