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D'schelle Chatman-Singh

D'schelle Chatman-Singh, LMFT

Therapist in California

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

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7 years of experience listed

LMFT professional credentials

English languages

  • Self esteem focus
  • Culturally aware
  • Practical coping skills

About D'schelle

D'schelle Chatman-Singh is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She focuses on helping people who are facing major life changes, workplace stress, and challenges to their self-esteem. Her work is aimed at practical progress and clearer day-to-day coping.

She brings seven years of clinical experience to sessions and uses a mix of evidence-informed methods. Those include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered approaches. She emphasizes straightforward strategies people can try between sessions.

D'schelle pays attention to how culture, identity, and discrimination affect mental health. She helps people talk through feelings around prejudice, immigration stress, and multicultural conflict. Conversations often cover boundaries, communication, and rebuilding self-love after difficult experiences.

Many clients work on mood and anxiety concerns, grief, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to work life. She also supports people dealing with anger, addictions, intimacy-related worries, sleep problems, and financial or career strain. Sessions aim for tools that fit a person's daily life.

Her style is respectful and affirming. Clients can expect direct listening and collaborative planning. The goal is clearer choices, improved coping, and stronger personal resources over time.

How D'schelle Uses Therapy Approaches Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when emotions are hard. It often helps with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and decisions about life direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical changes to thinking and behavior. Sessions commonly include simple experiments, tracking patterns, and building new habits to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve sleep.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and choices. The therapist listens without judgment and supports people as they find their own solutions to stress, relationship concerns, and identity questions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. D'schelle will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She treats the process as a team effort and adjusts strategies based on what actually helps.

Because the profile does not list specific session formats, confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow a shorter check-in when needed, or remove travel time to and from appointments. These practical benefits often help people maintain regular work on goals and use tools between sessions.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Antisocial personalityBlended family issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterFamily problemsFirst responder issuesImmigration issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsParanoiaPersonality disordersPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexualityWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What issues can I bring to therapy?

She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, self esteem, stress, grief, anger, addictions, and career strain. Additional focuses include multicultural concerns, financial stress, and relationship communication problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered methods into a practical approach. Sessions focus on clear skills, values-based choices, and building everyday coping strategies.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of experience working with people facing life transitions, workplace challenges, and multicultural stressors. That experience informs how she tailors tools to each person's situation.

What credentials does she hold and where is she located?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in California. Her practice is based in California.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She is not currently accepting international clients.

How are session formats handled?

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking to know whether phone, video, or in-person meetings are available.

How are costs and scheduling arranged?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the continue button on this profile and complete the short matching questionnaire.

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