About Che'
Che' Raquel Ward is a North Carolina psychologist who focuses on healing practical problems like stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, coaching needs, and attention-related concerns including ADHD. She writes plainly and meets people where they are to figure out what helps in day-to-day life.
She believes trauma can come in many forms and that people often underestimate how much it has changed their sense of safety or self-worth.
Background and approach
Che' helps clients name the effects of those experiences and find straightforward ways to move forward. She asks for honest feedback and makes adjustments when an approach isn't working. Her work emphasizes collaboration.
The client defines the problems and the goals, and she suggests tools that fit that definition. Sessions focus on practical strategies for coping, improving communication, and restoring hope rather than on jargon or abstract theory. Che' brings 17 years of experience to her practice as an NC Psychologist 6046.
She offers a welcoming space where different parts of a person's life are considered in treatment. This includes concerns such as attachment issues, caregiver stress, body image, commitment problems, and the effects of co-morbidity. Clients can expect clear, goal-oriented conversations about what changes are realistic and how to reach them.
She supports people who want active guidance and a plan for progress. If the work succeeds, she says the best outcome is when a client no longer needs regular sessions.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Che' uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps. One common approach emphasizes processing traumatic events and their effects so people can change unhelpful beliefs and reduce avoidance. This helps when past experiences are shaping current anxiety or relationship patterns. Another approach centers on skills for managing stress and attention challenges, offering concrete routines, problem-solving methods, and communication tools that make day-to-day life easier.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She treats the first few sessions as a chance to understand goals, test techniques, and adapt plans based on what the person prefers and what actually helps. That collaborative process helps narrow down which methods fit best for ADHD-related concerns, trauma recovery, or stress management.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives - for example, a quick text check-in after a stressful day, a phone session that requires less bandwidth, or a video meeting for deeper conversations. The variety supports ongoing work even when schedules change or travel is necessary.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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