Therapist profile
Chelsea Heller, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Anger and Trauma
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- CredentialsLMFT
- LicenseLMFT, California / 116834
- NPI1003437963
- Experience5 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationCalifornia
About
- CBT techniques
- Person-centered work
- Solution-focused
About Chelsea
Chelsea Heller is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, or parenting challenges. Chelsea also supports people navigating identity questions, adoption and foster care concerns, and life changes that leave them stuck.
Before moving into school-based work, she spent nine years as a social worker at Child Protective Services supporting children and caregivers affected by foster care and adoption. That role gave her hands-on experience with attachment questions, blended family issues, and adoption-related identity concerns. She later worked in an in-patient psychiatric hospital where she supported short-term stabilization for people encountering intense mood or thought disturbances.
More recently she has worked as a school psychologist conducting psychoeducational assessments. Those assessments help identify autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other needs so educational supports can be planned. She also provides counseling to students with higher mental health needs and has run a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) club while completing doctoral research on LGBTQ student experiences.
Chelsea uses an eclectic, person-centered approach and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. In sessions she focuses on practical steps - identifying patterns, testing small changes, and clarifying goals. She aims to work at a pace that fits the client and to help people make decisions that feel right for them.
She lists specialties that include anger, parenting, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, social anxiety, and relationship and family problems. Sessions are offered in English and reflect her practice in California as an LMFT.
How sessions work
How Chelsea’s approaches fit with online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person sets pace and priorities; it helps when someone needs a clinician who follows their lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down thoughts and behaviors into concrete steps and small experiments; it is useful for anger, anxiety, and mood changes because it produces actions to try between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational style that helps people resolve mixed feelings about change and commit to practical next steps.Figuring out which approach will help most is part of the work. Chelsea collaborates with clients to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. She can shift focus if a different technique seems more useful as therapy progresses.
The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time so progress keeps moving between life responsibilities. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively in remote settings, and Chelsea aims to adapt exercises and homework so they fit each person's day-to-day routine.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger-related problems does she address?
She helps people who snap at loved ones, hold growing resentment, or feel overwhelmed by someone else's anger. Anger is listed among many concerns she works with.
How does she approach therapy for anger?
She combines a person-centered approach with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, testing small behavior changes, and setting clear goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience as an LMFT plus prior social work and school psychology roles. Her background includes Child Protective Services and in-patient psychiatric work.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) practicing in California. The profile uses the credential as provided.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during sign-up.
How do I begin working with her?
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