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Chavekka Edwards

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Chavekka Edwards, LMHC

Florida

Florida LMHC focused on anger and family issues

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Key details

  • CredentialsLMHC
  • LicenseLMHC, Florida / MH21622
  • NPI1215463476
  • Experience8 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationFlorida

About

  • Client-centered work
  • Cognitive behavioral tools
  • Mindfulness practice

About Chavekka

Chavekka Edwards is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults coping with family conflict, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and related concerns. Chavekka aims to make discussions direct and useful so people can manage strong feelings without shame.

She uses clear, talk-based methods rather than long lectures. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. Techniques include looking at thinking patterns that fuel anger, exploring personal stories that shape behavior, and building attention skills to reduce reactivity.

Clients can expect a conversational style that centers their priorities. Chavekka listens for what matters most and helps set short-term goals. Work may include trying new ways to talk about conflict, practicing breathing and noticing exercises, and breaking down stressful situations into manageable parts.

Her background includes work with trauma, caregiving stress, attachment issues, and grief, along with mood and attention concerns like ADHD and bipolar conditions. She also supports people facing career strain, chronic health challenges, or problems with intimacy and communication.

Chavekka integrates client-centered ideas with cognitive behavioral and narrative tools. She draws on motivational interviewing to help people find momentum for change. The approach is pragmatic: name what is happening, try small experiments, and adjust as needed.

How sessions work

How Chavekka uses therapeutic approaches online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's perspective and priorities. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps clarify goals so changes feel relevant and doable. This approach works well for people who want straightforward, person-focused conversations about anger and family stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks down situations that trigger anger into smaller parts and tests new responses. CBT is useful for managing workplace frustration, recurring arguments, and spotting unhelpful thinking patterns.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. Short, repeatable exercises are introduced and practiced so people can use them when stress rises or resentment builds.

Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and adapt techniques based on the client's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions often include agreed-upon homework or short experiments to try between meetings so progress can be evaluated together.

The specifics of how online sessions are run should be confirmed before booking. The therapist's approaches translate well to remote work because they emphasize conversation, short skills practice, and planning. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time, but confirm the available session formats before scheduling.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseAnger managementDepressionADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with family conflict, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and related concerns.

How would she approach issues with anger?

She uses talk-based methods to identify triggers and thinking patterns, practices attention and breathing skills, and tries small behavioral experiments to reduce reactivity.

What is her experience background?

She has eight years of professional experience working with adults on mood, trauma, family and stress-related issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the US work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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