About Chelsea
Chelsea Sharshel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado who offers a warm, down-to-earth approach. She keeps sessions casual and conversational while helping people talk through anxiety, stress, addiction concerns, and relationship or family tensions. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, low motivation, mood challenges, and issues with self-esteem and compassion fatigue.
She brings three years of clinical experience and combines several evidence-based techniques to match each person's needs.
Background and approach
Chelsea compares therapy to mixing spices - she adapts methods to fit the person in front of her rather than using a single fixed style. Sessions focus on practical thinking, clearer communication, and steps people can try between meetings. Chelsea emphasizes listening first.
She invites people to say who they are and what they want to change, then helps outline small goals and next steps. Conversations are paced to each person's comfort so people can address hard topics without feeling rushed. Her work includes addressing addiction-related struggles alongside emotional and relationship stressors.
She also supports people managing bipolar symptoms, depression, ADHD, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse. Chelsea uses straightforward language and tangible tools that people can use in daily life. People who choose Chelsea can expect a collaborative partnership.
She aims to help people clarify their priorities, try new approaches, and build on what already works for them.
Approaches and flexible online care
Evidence-based techniques Chelsea uses include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Motivational Interviewing focuses on building a person's own reasons and confidence to change behaviors, which can be useful for addiction and low motivation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Chelsea works with each person to decide which techniques to try first and adjusts the plan based on how things are progressing. The goal is to match methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, shorter reflections, or fitting support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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