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Chelsea Burkell

Chelsea Burkell

LMHC

Florida

Practical, collaborative support for anxiety and life change

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At a glance

Credentials
LMHC
License
LMHC, Florida / MH17673
Experience
7 years
Languages
English
Location
Florida

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    • Anxiety and stress
    • Life transitions
    • Parenting support

    About Chelsea

    Chelsea Burkell is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, low self-esteem, and stressful life changes. She uses straightforward, practical conversation to help clients identify what matters and take steps that fit their lives.

    Chelsea has seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults, adolescents, and teens. In sessions she listens for strengths and builds small, doable plans to handle panic, worry, and low mood. She also offers coaching-style support for career concerns and life transitions.

    Families and caregivers may meet with her to talk through parenting challenges and improve how they communicate. Chelsea pays attention to attachment issues and blended family dynamics while helping individuals set boundaries and rebuild connection where it has frayed.

    Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, codependency, and relationship problems. Chelsea also supports people dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue, and social anxiety by breaking problems into manageable steps.

    Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical. Chelsea draws on approaches such as motivational interviewing, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients find motivation and change patterns. She focuses on simple strategies that a person can try between sessions and then review together.

  2. How Chelsea’s approaches translate to online work

    Chelsea draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. This approach focuses on listening, asking helpful questions, and building motivation one step at a time, which can help with goals like reducing anxiety or improving self-esteem.

    She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance and follows the person's lead in sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes that reduce panic, worry, and low mood.

    Finding the right approach is part of the process. Chelsea collaborates with each person to figure out which methods suit their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can shift over time as the work progresses.

    Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits someone's schedule. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively in conversation-based sessions, helping clients practice new skills between meetings.

  4. Areas of expertise

    Primary focus

    Stress, AnxietySelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

    Also works with

    LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoaching

    Additional focus areas

    Attachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

    Therapeutic approaches

    Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

    Experience

    7+ years

    Listed in

    Florida

    Languages

    English

  5. Frequently asked questions

    What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?

    Areas include stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and family problems, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career or coaching concerns.

    What is the therapy style like?

    Work is collaborative and practical. Chelsea uses client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral tools to help people set goals and try small steps between sessions.

    How much experience does the therapist have?

    Chelsea has seven years of clinical experience working with adults, adolescents, and teens on a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

    What are the therapist's credentials and location?

    Chelsea holds the credential LMHC, listed as FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.

    Which languages and international options are available?

    Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

    What session formats are offered?

    Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.

    How does cost and billing work?

    Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

    How do I begin working with this therapist?

    Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

  6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

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