About Raj
Raj Chehl is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience. She practices from Michigan and brings a calm, practical style to sessions. Raj speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi and works with people facing anxiety, stress, grief, relationship struggles, and a wide range of life changes.
Her approach starts with listening. Raj treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them name what matters most.
Background and approach
She focuses on small, manageable changes clients can try between sessions. This makes progress feel realistic and steady. In therapy Raj uses approaches that help with thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
She often combines client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on EMDR for trauma-related memories and Imago work for relationship patterns when appropriate. Sessions are practical and grounded.
Raj helps people learn new ways of communicating, manage strong emotions, and cope with setbacks. She supports work on attachment, abandonment, codependency, addictions, and other specific concerns named by the client. Raj also integrates mindfulness practices to help reduce reactivity and build calm.
Over time clients learn to notice patterns, try new behavior, and make choices more in line with their values. Her aim is to help people move from merely coping to living with more purpose and connection.
How Raj's Approaches Fit Online Work
Raj commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps them clarify goals and values. It is useful when someone needs empathic support and a clear place to start. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on shifting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors; it suits problems like anxiety, depression, and stress.She also uses EMDR for trauma-related memories when that approach fits the person’s needs. EMDR involves a structured process to work with difficult memories and the reactions they trigger, which can be helpful for people who carry strong emotional responses from past events.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods out, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients are invited to share preferences and goals so treatment stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction and real-time feedback. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter conversation is needed. Live chat and text work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone prefers typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work or family routines and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- 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
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Texas
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Punjabi
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