About Chelsea
Chelsea Feeney is a licensed clinical social worker in Maine with eight years of practice. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those coping with grief, loss, and depression. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, and motivation in straightforward, practical ways.
Chelsea believes people know their own stories and brings a collaborative attitude to each session. She focuses on building on clients' strengths and on small, doable steps toward change.
Background and approach
Her style is supportive and goal-oriented, with attention to what matters most to each person. In sessions she listens first, then helps clients identify patterns that keep problems going. She uses clear tools and exercises to practice new ways of thinking and relating.
Conversations are geared toward concrete changes that fit into daily life. Chelsea has worked across a range of life issues beyond mood and anxiety, including blended family challenges, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication problems, and separation or divorce. She also supports people navigating fertility concerns, gender dysphoria, and non-monogamous relationship dynamics.
Her approach emphasizes respect for each person's pace and goals. Chelsea aims to create a space where people can try things, make adjustments, and track progress. She encourages clients to notice small improvements and build on them.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through a variety of formats to fit different schedules. Chelsea frames therapy as a partnership focused on practical steps toward greater well-being.
How Chelsea’s approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to help people manage symptoms and make practical changes. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real life. This helps reduce worry and improve mood by changing how people respond to stress and anxiety.Another approach centers on behavioral experiments and small, doable actions. Clients try short activities between sessions to build confidence and see what works in day-to-day life. This is useful for low motivation, avoidance, and rebuilding connection after loss or relationship strain.
Finding the right way to work is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people use body language and face-to-face conversation, phone needs less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing written work between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into life and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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