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Chandel Tommola

Compassionate, practical therapy for life’s challenges

LMHC New York

Experience
12 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Chandel

Chandel Tommola is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With 12 years of professional experience, she offers a collaborative style that centers the client's perspective while also introducing evidence-informed strategies to break unhelpful patterns and build coping skills. Her work addresses a broad range of concerns including depression, grief, self-esteem, addiction, ADHD, intimacy-related issues, and career or parenting stress.

She draws on several therapeutic approaches rather than adhering to a single model, integrating methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and solution-focused techniques to tailor treatment to each person.

Tommola emphasizes teamwork in the therapeutic process, naming the client as the expert on their own life while offering gentle challenges to thinking or behavior that interfere with goals. Her experience spans independent practice, justice system settings, in-home care, and telehealth, which informs a flexible approach to sessions and scheduling.

Clients who connect with her can expect practical skill-building, exploration of attachment and family-of-origin themes, and focused work on issues like abandonment, communication problems, body image, and compassion fatigue. She maintains set evening hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and sometimes offers make-up appointments when her schedule allows.

How Chandel Uses Evidence-Informed Approaches Online

Chandel commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and testing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, or stress, and teaches practical skills for managing symptoms and changing unhelpful patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and a respectful, nonjudgmental stance that helps people feel understood and develop their own solutions.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when clients are weighing change, using guided conversation to explore ambivalence and strengthen motivation. Determining the right approach is collaborative: the therapist and client work together to select techniques that match the client's needs, goals, and preferences, and they adjust methods as progress unfolds.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow for flexible scheduling and easier access from home or work. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy evenings or when in-person visits are impractical, and they support continued work on goals between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, depression, grief, self-esteem, addictions, ADHD, and career or parenting concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining respect for the client's expertise about their life with practical, evidence-informed techniques to change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
She brings 12 years of clinical experience and has worked in settings that include personal offices, the justice system, in-home care, and telehealth services.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with the New York license NY LMHC 010065 and practices in New York.
Does she work with clients who speak other languages or live abroad?
She conducts therapy in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

New York

Languages

English