Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Depression
How Chinell works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chinell
Dr. Chinell Collins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship or family concerns.
Her style is direct and encouraging, aimed at helping someone regain control and move toward a more satisfying life. She uses practical, evidence-informed techniques to change patterns that cause distress. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviors, and building coping skills that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
She also incorporates mindfulness and motivational strategies to support lasting change. Dr. Collins has worked extensively with people facing substance misuse, trauma, grief, and eating-related problems.
She also addresses mood disorders, attention difficulties, and problems with impulse control. Her background includes volunteer work supporting people experiencing homelessness, where she focused on restoring hope and practical goal setting. Therapy with her typically feels collaborative and goal-focused.
She helps clients set small, achievable steps and checks progress between sessions. People who appreciate a motivational, solution-oriented approach often find this style helpful. Sessions are offered in English and are delivered through several online formats.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy to tailor care to each person's needs.
What Chinell works with
Everything Chinell lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chinell's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Chinell lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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.
Online approaches that teach practical coping skills
Dr. Collins often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry, anger, and low mood. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday stressors.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT focuses on building skills for managing intense feelings, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving communication. Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside these approaches to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try strategies, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed so work stays focused and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for a traditional session experience, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can provide a quicker check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make regular skill practice easier.
Questions people ask about Chinell
What concerns does Dr. Collins address?
She works with stress, anger, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, eating and body-image concerns, and other mood and impulse-related problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and goal-focused. She combines skill teaching with motivational support to help people make real changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with people on a wide range of concerns, including substance use and trauma.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.