Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- ADHD
How Chelsea works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chelsea
Chelsea Luebbert is a mental health clinician with a decade of experience helping people navigate hard times. She holds an MD and a Master of Social Work and practices in Maryland. Chelsea emphasizes practical support and steady guidance for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
She has worked in eating disorder treatment, inpatient psychiatry, and outpatient settings. Those roles gave her experience with mood disorders, addiction, and complex medical or stress-related concerns.
Background and approach
Her background includes individual and group work across varied clinical settings. Chelsea focuses on clear, moment-to-moment strategies people can use outside sessions. She uses conversations to help clients recognize unhelpful patterns and try small changes.
Sessions aim to be direct, compassionate, and focused on goals the client sets. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, career challenges, bipolar and depression, and coping with life changes.
She also pays attention to attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, and intimacy-related concerns. Chelsea combines approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centered skills, cognitive behavioral tools, and dialectical behavior techniques. She helps people build everyday routines, handle strong emotions, and improve relationships.
If someone prefers a straightforward, supportive clinician who offers concrete tools, Chelsea aims to be that collaborator.
What Chelsea works with
Everything Chelsea lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chelsea's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Chelsea lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and learn new ways to connect. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches tools to change unhelpful thinking and build practical habits for mood, anxiety, sleep, and anger. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high.Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. Chelsea will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy lets people access care from different places and at different times. Video calls are useful for full sessions that include visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick updates, coaching between sessions, or when shorter, flexible contact fits a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while still using attachment, CBT, or DBT techniques in real life.
Questions people ask about Chelsea
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Chelsea works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating issues, self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, grief, sleep problems, anger, and career or life transitions.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses direct, supportive conversations and practical tools to help people notice patterns and try small changes between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has about 10 years of experience in the mental health field, including work in eating disorder programs and inpatient psychiatry.
Where is she located and licensed?
Chelsea practices in Maryland and holds the credentials MD and LCSW-C.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist selection; sessions use a subscription model that 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 schedule a session according to therapist availability.