About Chelsey
Chelsey Merchant is a licensed clinical social worker in Utah with five years of practice. She focuses on stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Chelsey uses straightforward language and a calm style to help people feel steadier as they work through hard moments.
Chelsey believes each person knows their own story best. She helps people notice strengths they already have and build on them. Sessions are practical and focused on small, manageable steps that move a person toward clearer thinking and better coping.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to body image, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, and caring for people who face mood disorders or compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating gender dysphoria, LGBTQ matters, and concerns connected to kink and alternative sex culture. Everyday problems like career stress, isolation, and life changes are also part of her caseload.
Chelsey draws on client-centered methods along with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy strategies. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are woven in to help people reframe tough memories and manage strong emotions. Sessions are conversational and tailored to what each person needs in the moment.
She offers multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Starting therapy begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session that fits the client’s timing and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered work puts the person's perspective first, listening to what matters and guiding change at the client's pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy adds practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving how people cope day to day.Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments happen over time so the plan matches what actually helps.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and learning new skills, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when someone needs a shorter connection during a busy day. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules without long commutes.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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