Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Chandel works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chandel
Chandel Tommola is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people manage anger, stress, and emotional overwhelm. She works with adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, addiction, or big life changes. She writes in plain terms and offers steady, direct support for people who feel stuck or unsure where to start.
Chandel has practiced for 12 years in a range of settings including personal office, the justice system, in-home care, and telehealth.
Background and approach
She draws on tools from several approaches instead of using just one. That means sessions are shaped to fit a person’s needs rather than following a fixed script. In sessions she listens closely and treats the person as the expert on their life.
She also offers gentle challenges to thinking or habits that keep people stuck. Together clients learn concrete coping skills and clearer ways to respond to stressful moments. Chandel often helps people unpack difficult past experiences that are affecting current relationships and mood.
She uses practical strategies to reduce repeated worry, lift low motivation, and rebuild connection to personal values and goals. Her work includes attention to issues like attachment, abandonment, and communication problems. She practices in New York and uses multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Sessions are on a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Chandel works with
Everything Chandel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chandel's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Chandel lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's perspective first. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps clients identify their own goals and values. This approach is useful when someone wants a supportive space to sort feelings and make decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to test unhelpful thinking and build better coping habits. CBT can help with worry, low mood, anger patterns, and skills for everyday stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs and goals and then suggest which methods to try. This collaborative plan can change over time as new priorities emerge.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, or other routines and still make steady progress.
Questions people ask about Chandel
What kinds of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, anger, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, and many related areas.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered style and adapts methods to each person. Sessions balance listening with practical skill-building and occasional challenges to unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
Chandel has 12 years of counseling experience across independent practice, the justice system, in-home work, and telehealth settings.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in New York and holds the LMHC credential, listed as NY LMHC.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.