About Bonnie
Bonnie Chase is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in Vermont with 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people cope with addiction, trauma and abuse, mood challenges such as bipolar and depression, and ongoing anxiety and stress. Bonnie aims to make the first step toward help feel meaningful and achievable.
Her style is direct and compassionate. She creates a calm space where clients can talk about difficult feelings without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and focused on what will help in day-to-day life, including sleep struggles, anger, and work-related stress. Bonnie also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, family strains, and parenting pressures. She helps clients rebuild confidence and work through grief and compassion fatigue.
Conversations may include coping strategies, planning for change, and finding steady routines. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and meets people where they are. Bonnie listens for each person’s strengths and tailors ideas to what will fit their situation.
Progress is tracked through small, achievable goals. Bonnie works with LGBT clients and those managing career transitions or motivation issues. Her approach mixes practical problem solving with a steady, respectful presence to help people move forward when life feels overwhelming.
Evidence-based approaches and convenient online care
Bonnie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and coping skills. One approach emphasizes skill building for anxiety and stress through calm breathing, routine adjustments, and stepwise exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another approach targets mood and motivation by developing daily structure, tracking mood patterns, and practicing small behavioral experiments to rebuild confidence and activity.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Bonnie works with each person to identify goals, try approaches that match their needs, and adjust methods over time based on what helps. She listens to preferences and life demands and tailors sessions so the work feels useful and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are helpful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, in-the-moment support, and flexible communication between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Vermont
- Languages
- English
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