Chelsea Spears
Practical CBT-informed care with a person-centered focus
LPCC Kentucky
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Chelsea
Chelsea Spears is an LPCC licensed clinician based in Kentucky who draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside a person-centered stance to help clients navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions.
Background and approach
With six years of professional experience, she has worked across a wide age span and concentrates much of her practice on adolescents, transition-age youth, and adults. Her work emphasizes practical skills for coping with depression, improving self-esteem, and managing social anxiety and phobias.
Chelsea integrates mindfulness and solution-focused methods when appropriate, tailoring sessions to address post-traumatic stress, communication challenges, and the specific needs of young adults. She treats each person as an expert on their own life and partners with them to set realistic goals and develop strategies that fit their daily routines.
Chelsea welcomes clients who are ready to take an active role in change and offers flexible session formats to match varied schedules and preferences.
Applying CBT and Person-Centered Care Online
Online sessions with Chelsea draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered practices to help clients build practical skills while honoring their personal goals. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small, concrete behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood; it is useful for stress, social anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Client-centered work emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, helping people explore their values and strengths so they can make meaningful changes at their own pace.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Chelsea approaches that choice collaboratively. She will work with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, then adapt methods across CBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques to create a personalized plan that feels manageable and relevant.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit appointments into busy days or to maintain continuity during life transitions. These formats support ongoing skill practice, check-ins between sessions, and multiple ways to engage based on what works best for each person.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Kentucky
Languages
English