About Chandel
Chandel Tommola is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She greets people with warmth and acknowledges how hard it can feel to ask for help. Chandel says taking the first step matters and she aims to make therapy a steady, practical part of getting through tough times.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, mood struggles, trauma and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, career strain, parenting challenges, addiction, self-esteem issues, and questions about identity and intimacy.
How Chandel works
Chandel works with people who are navigating life changes, feeling isolated, or wanting clearer direction and coping skills. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to match the work to each person.
She treats therapy as a team effort and balances empathy with practical challenges to unhelpful habits and thoughts. Chandel has 12 years of counseling experience across settings like personal offices, the justice system, in-home work, and telehealth. She uses that background to tailor sessions to daily life and real problems.
The goal is to help people learn coping strategies, understand patterns that cause pain, and move toward clearer goals. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People who want to begin are asked to start with a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Chandel lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Chandel works with
The areas below are the ones Chandel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Chandel commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that worsen stress or low mood, making everyday problems easier to manage. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding how past hurts affect current feelings and relationships, and on building skills to reduce distress and regain control.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. Together they assess what is most helpful and adjust the plan as things change, so the work stays practical and grounded in real-life steps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and reduce travel time while keeping steady contact with a licensed professional.
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