Hi, I’m Chelsea…

Approach & Heart of My work

I spend a lot of my time with people in their hardest moments. The messy, complicated, deeply human stuff that most of us try to hide. My training in Clinical Social Work from Fordham University gave me a solid foundation, but it’s the real-life struggles, mine and my clients’, that have shaped how I show up. My approach is collaborative and psychodynamic at its core. I draw from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and bring in somatic insights to help you notice what’s happening in both your mind and body. For those who need it, I also offer more intensive modalities like Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), tailored to specific experiences.

My work focuses on helping people build emotion regulation skills, develop real self-compassion, and release old trauma narratives so those experiences can finally be integrated instead of running the show in the background. I work a lot with high-pressure professionals, people who are used to performing at a high level, holding everything together, and putting themselves last. I also support people in a variety of formats: one-on-one, in relational dynamics, in small groups, and in larger group settings. If you’re used to keeping it all together on the outside but feel exhausted or disconnected underneath, I get it. We’ll get curious about what’s fueling those patterns and work together to find some breathing room and a new way forward.

What keeps me going is seeing those moments when someone finally stops fighting themselves. When there’s even a little more room to breathe, or a sense that maybe things can be different. I know what it’s like to feel stuck, to run on empty, or to wonder if you’ll ever feel “enough.”