- Strengths-based focus
- Practical coping skills
- Gender affirming care
About Chelsey
Chelsey Merchant is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with five years of practice in Utah. She works from a person-focused approach that centers the client's experience and strengths. She emphasizes practical steps and steady support for people who are ready to make changes in their lives.
Chelsey helps people manage stress, anxiety, and depression with clear, doable skills. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, struggles with self esteem, and concerns about body image. Her work includes attention to relationship and intimacy-related issues and challenges connected to gender and LGBT identity.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients choose tools that fit their daily life. Sessions often include talk, skill practice, and gentle reflection to build coping ability over time.
Chelsey draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person. She uses client-centered methods to keep the focus on what matters to the client. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify thinking patterns, while mindfulness and narrative ideas help people reconnect with values and strengths. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are also available for managing intense emotions.
She encourages realistic goals and small steps. The first meeting is a chance to decide what to tackle and how to work together. People who are ready to begin can start by using the site’s sign-up flow to match and schedule a session.
Chelsey helps people manage stress, anxiety, and depression with clear, doable skills. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, struggles with self esteem, and concerns about body image. Her work includes attention to relationship and intimacy-related issues and challenges connected to gender and LGBT identity.
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients choose tools that fit their daily life. Sessions often include talk, skill practice, and gentle reflection to build coping ability over time.
Chelsey draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person. She uses client-centered methods to keep the focus on what matters to the client. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify thinking patterns, while mindfulness and narrative ideas help people reconnect with values and strengths. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are also available for managing intense emotions.
She encourages realistic goals and small steps. The first meeting is a chance to decide what to tackle and how to work together. People who are ready to begin can start by using the site’s sign-up flow to match and schedule a session.