- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- Skill building
About Chanel
Chanel Day is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eight years of clinical experience based in New York. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, and depression. Chanel helps people who feel stuck after changes in work, relationships, or health to sort out what matters next and find practical steps forward.
She has worked across inpatient residential, in-home, and outpatient settings. Chanel practices using evidence-based therapeutic techniques and draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work and trauma-aware methods. Sessions focus on developing skills that can be used between meetings, such as emotion regulation and managing stress.
Her style is collaborative and client-centered. Chanel talks through problems with clients, offers psychoeducation, and uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. She aims to help people build coping skills that fit their daily life rather than offering abstract advice.
Chanel often uses brief, goal-focused tools alongside mindfulness strategies to address symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. She also works with concerns linked to attachment, abandonment, communication problems, and chronic illness or pain. Practical problem solving and manageable skill-building are common parts of her sessions.
People who choose her work together to set small, concrete goals. Sessions typically review progress and adapt techniques to what is helping. Her New York LMHC credential is listed as a clinical qualification she holds while practicing in the state.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Chanel uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. This approach breaks worries and patterns into manageable parts and teaches practical skills for stress and depression.She also employs trauma-informed methods that focus on safety, pacing, and grounding strategies. These techniques aim to reduce overwhelming reactions and build emotion regulation after difficult experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chanel treats the choice of methods as a collaborative question, adapting techniques based on a client’s needs, goals, and what feels most usable in daily life.
The therapist’s profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm available online session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Therapists can also adjust session pacing, assign brief between-session exercises, and use screen-based tools to practice skills during meetings. Working together, clients and the therapist decide which mix of approaches and practical arrangements best fits the client’s routines and objectives.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, and depression. Additional issues include attachment concerns, communication problems, and chronic illness or pain.
How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered style with practical skills and goal-focused exercises. Sessions emphasize small steps and tools that can be used between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She has eight years of experience working in inpatient residential, in-home therapy, and outpatient settings. That range informs work with both short-term goals and longer-term concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. The LMHC designation is the credential listed for her clinical work.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients. Prospective clients should confirm location-based options before booking.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before scheduling a first appointment.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing details should be reviewed during the sign-up process.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That starts the intake and scheduling steps.
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