About Chauncey
Chauncey Chatman helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, and life transitions. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California.
Background and approach
Chauncey works with adults who want practical tools to feel steadier and more connected in their daily lives. He uses straightforward talk therapy paired with mindfulness practices to build self-awareness.
Sessions often include exercises to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. This combination is aimed at reducing anxiety, managing mood, and improving relationships over time.
Chauncey draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thinking patterns that drive unwanted reactions. He also integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship issues are central.
These methods are used to improve communication, repair trust, and strengthen emotional bonds. Before independent practice, Chauncey worked in schools, hospitals, and mental health clinics in California.
He collaborated with psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, peer counselors, and family service staff. That history shaped his collaborative and team-oriented style.
People come to Chauncey for help with depression, grief, parenting stress, sleep problems, addiction concerns, ADHD, and cultural or identity-related struggles. He offers a practical approach that mixes conversation, skill-building, and mindfulness work to help clients move toward clearer choices and healthier patterns.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and responding to what matters most to the client; it helps people feel heard and guides decisions that fit their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down patterns of thought and behavior into small steps that can be practiced between sessions to address anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotional experience and attachment needs, useful when relationship patterns and intimacy are the main concerns.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that suit those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients and therapist work together to find what helps most, whether that means focusing on thoughts, emotions, or communication skills.
Online therapy with Chauncey uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text works well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when messaging fits a busy schedule. These options let clients fit therapy into workdays, travel, or family life while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English