About Chanelle
Chanelle Spencer is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She writes short, direct plans so busy people can make steady progress. Her approach aims to make day-to-day life feel a bit more manageable.
Chanelle draws on practical strategies from cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients clarify values and take small steps toward them.
Background and approach
Emotion-focused skills are part of her work when emotions feel overwhelming. Sessions tend to be collaborative and straightforward. Clients can expect clear goals, skill-building exercises, and space to talk through painful events.
Chanelle weaves in mindfulness and distress-tolerance tools when people need immediate relief. She holds a Master clinical license as an LCSW in New York and New Jersey and brings nine years of clinical experience to her practice. That background informs how she balances concrete tools with emotional support.
Chanelle often addresses parenting stress, career strain, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation. She also supports people coping with trauma and life-stage transitions. Her work aims to help people build routines, strengthen communication, and reconnect with what matters to them.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small, committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It can help with anxiety, life purpose questions, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors to change how they feel. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and work or school stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and processing strong emotions so people can feel more regulated and connected; it can help when feelings feel overwhelming or interfere with daily life.Picking the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Decisions about which methods to use are collaborative and can shift as needs change.
Online care makes those methods accessible in flexible ways. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing support between sessions. These options help clients fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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