About Chelsea
Chelsea Richardson is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy. She uses clear conversation to help people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, or addiction. Chelsea also addresses relationship and family concerns and supports people managing ADHD and career strain.
She brings 11 years of experience working with a range of life challenges. Sessions center on the person in front of her and what they most want to change.
Background and approach
Chelsea aims to help people build daily routines, stronger communication, and healthier coping skills that fit their life. Her approach mixes client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Dialectical behavior strategies are used when emotions feel intense and skills for regulating feelings are needed.
Solution-focused work helps set small, reachable goals so progress is visible quickly. Chelsea often helps people with codependency, commitment issues, and social anxiety by practicing communication and boundary-setting in session. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, addiction to drugs and alcohol, and compassion fatigue that comes from giving so much to others.
She works from Colorado and offers multiple formats for ongoing support. Chelsea explains options, answers questions, and helps people pick a path forward that fits their schedule and goals.
How Chelsea’s approaches work in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person. The therapist reflects concerns, helps clarify goals, and supports choices so clients feel understood and heard. This approach is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort through emotions and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Chelsea helps people notice thinking patterns, test new beliefs, and try different behaviors. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and practical ADHD strategies like planning and time management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Chelsea will discuss options and collaborate on which methods fit a person’s goals, life demands, and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let conversations feel closer to an in-person visit. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick skill practice, ongoing reminders, or when writing feels clearer than talking. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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