About Chavekka
Chavekka Edwards is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, and stress. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Her style aims to make the first step feel manageable.
She encourages small, steady changes rather than sudden overhauls. Chavekka frames sessions around what matters most to the client. She listens first, then works with clients to shape goals and a practical plan.
Background and approach
That plan can include strategies drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. She also uses client-centered and narrative techniques to help people understand patterns and reframe difficult experiences. Motivational interviewing is brought in when someone wants help finding the momentum to change habits or try new coping skills.
Techniques are explained plainly and practiced in session so clients can use them between meetings. Her background includes eight years of experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida. She has worked with people dealing with grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, career stress, chronic illness, and caregiving burdens.
That varied work informs a flexible approach. Chavekka aims to make therapy practical and approachable. She tailors pacing and exercises to each client’s needs.
People who want clear tools, steady support, and a therapist who listens will find a direct, compassionate style.
Therapeutic approaches for online change
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so people feel heard. It helps when the primary need is support, exploration, and a nonjudgmental space to talk through problems.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems because it offers steps clients can practice between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques can help with stress, anger, and persistent worry by creating short, repeatable ways to calm the nervous system.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. Changes are shaped over time, and techniques are adjusted based on what proves most helpful.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different schedules. Video calls allow more visual interaction, phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing tracking between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, and health routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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