About Sheldon
Sheldon Chase is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He works with adults facing depression, addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy challenges, and life transitions. His approach is straightforward and focused on practical steps to reduce distress.
He starts by listening to the person's story and identifying what matters most right now. Sessions often center on clear goals, coping tools, and repeated practice so skills stick.
Background and approach
He helps people break big problems into manageable steps and try new behaviors between sessions. Chase pays attention to how past experiences shape present reactions. That includes trauma, chronic illness, and issues like codependency or substance use.
He also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, immigration stress, and other complex situations that affect daily life. Therapy with him aims to strengthen self-understanding and practical functioning. That can mean improving communication, managing impulses, or making changes at work or home.
He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled from Nevada. He accepts international clients and offers several online formats.
People who want to begin select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Sheldon often uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on present problems and teach practical skills. One common approach emphasizes learning specific coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and behavioral experiments to reduce avoidance. These skills are practiced in session and applied between meetings to build confidence.Another approach concentrates on understanding how past experiences influence current reactions, which helps when processing trauma or difficult relationship patterns. This work combines gentle exploration with action steps to test new ways of relating and responding. Both approaches are aimed at improving daily functioning and reducing distress rather than promising a particular outcome.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels helpful. Over time they shape a plan that fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a deeper interactive session, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- California, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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