About Chelsea
Chelsea Sharshel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Colorado. She offers a warm, down-to-earth style and focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier and more hopeful.
Background and approach
Chelsea speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel like a calm conversation rather than an interrogation. With three years of clinical experience, she helps people work through stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges tied to addiction.
She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, attention difficulties, relationship conflict, and family strain. Chelsea listens first and adapts her approach to what each person needs most.
Her sessions mix several evidence-based techniques so the work fits the person. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and on Motivational Interviewing to strengthen commitment to change.
She may also use narrative approaches and brainspotting tools when they seem helpful for processing memories or painful experiences. Chelsea frames therapy as a collaborative process.
She does not assume to know a person's story; instead she asks questions, reflects, and offers practical tools to try between sessions. People who want straightforward, friendly guidance often find her approach easy to follow.
Sessions are offered through online formats, making it possible to schedule work around daily life. Chelsea supports clients in English and works within Colorado practice guidelines.
How Chelsea’s approaches translate to online therapy
Evidence-based techniques Chelsea commonly uses are presented in clear, practical ways. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by giving specific skills to practice between sessions. Motivational Interviewing centers on building a person's own reasons for change and strengthening commitment, which is useful for addiction, low motivation, and stages of behavioral change. Narrative approaches help people make sense of their life stories by separating problems from the person, which can make trauma, grief, and identity work easier to discuss. Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Chelsea will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then try methods that fit. Clients and therapist adjust the plan as progress and needs evolve. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues and more direct conversation. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexible ways to share thoughts between scheduled sessions. These options support continuity and convenience while allowing Chelsea to use the same therapeutic techniques she would in face-to-face work.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English