About Shella
Shella Chichester is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She brings seven years of counseling experience to her work and aims to make the first step feel doable for worried parents and busy adults. Shella keeps sessions straightforward and down to earth.
She listens without judgment and helps clients name what matters most to them.
How Shella works
Conversations focus on practical steps and small changes that add up over time. Her approach is client-centered, which means she follows the client’s pace and priorities during sessions. She also uses elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, and solution-focused therapy, which narrows in on workable solutions and immediate next steps.
In session, Shella helps people build coping skills for daily stress and work through grief in a way that fits their life. She emphasizes short-term strategies alongside deeper self-reflection so clients leave with concrete tools they can use right away. Outside of work she is a wife and a mother and enjoys traveling with family and caring for two dogs.
Shela’s style is warm and practical, aimed at helping people move forward one step at a time.
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What Shella works with
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online approaches that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It means sessions follow the client’s pace, values, and goals while the therapist listens and reflects. This approach is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. This method often helps with anxiety, stress, and low mood by giving clear tools to use between sessions.
Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and adapt techniques to fit each person. Decisions about approach are collaborative and can shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, a caregiving routine, or while traveling.
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