Works with
How Chantal works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida, Nevada
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chantal
Chantal MacDonald is a licensed clinician who uses client-centered and attachment-based approaches to help people manage strong emotions. She holds a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and practices in Florida. Her work emphasizes empathy, listening, and practical steps that people can use between sessions.
Chantal focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and anger, and she supports people coping with addictions and trauma. She also addresses self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, sleep and eating issues, and challenges tied to ADHD and bipolar mood patterns.
Background and approach
Her practice includes attention to attachment wounds and struggles with abandonment and commitment. In sessions she aims to build a nonjudgmental space where people can talk about feelings and patterns. Chantal uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotional regulation skills.
She also draws on emotionally-focused and attachment work to improve how people connect and repair ruptures in close relationships. Her approach is practical and paced to each person. She helps people set small, achievable goals and practices skills between meetings.
With five years of clinical experience she blends conversational talk therapy with concrete tools for coping and change. Chantal offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
What Chantal works with
Everything Chantal lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chantal's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Approaches Chantal lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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.
How attachment work and skills-based therapy fit online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice repeated interaction cycles and build safer ways of connecting with others. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and meeting people where they are, giving space to tell their story without pressure.Chantal blends these approaches with cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. Finding the right mix is collaborative - the therapist and client discuss goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what helps most. This shared process makes it easier to match methods to problems like anger, anxiety, or relationship strain.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let for face-to-face connection and real-time coaching of breathing or grounding exercises. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or offer a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and ongoing support during difficult moments.
These options give flexibility to arrange sessions around life demands and to use different formats for different purposes while working toward emotional regulation and better relationships with consistent therapeutic guidance.
Questions people ask about Chantal
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Other areas include addictions, trauma, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, and sleep or eating concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and warm, focusing on listening first. She combines practical skills work with exploration of emotional patterns.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of professional experience supporting people through life changes, trauma recovery, and coping with mood and behavior challenges.
Which credentials and region apply?
She holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Florida. The profile also notes licensure in Nevada.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription model and the cost varies with location and therapist availability; the subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.