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01About Chinell
Dr. Chinell Collins helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by life. She is Dr.
Chinell Collins, a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with 15 years of clinical experience. She listens without judgment and focuses on clear, doable steps people can try between sessions. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, and mood concerns.
She also supports people dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, eating and body image struggles, relationship and intimacy issues, and sleep or anger problems.
Background and approach
She aims to make therapy practical and straightforward for day-to-day life. In sessions she mixes ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. That means she helps clients notice patterns of thought and behavior, practice new skills in small steps, and build motivation for change.
Narrative ideas are used to make sense of hard events and shift unhelpful stories people tell about themselves. Dr. Collins draws on 15 years of experience including work with people facing homelessness and those coping with major life changes.
She likes to partner with clients, set realistic goals, and track progress in concrete ways. Her style is supportive and goal-focused, with an emphasis on skills people can use right away. People who want clear guidance and practical tools often find her approach helpful.
She offers sessions in English and works with adults across a wide range of concerns. The first step is a short online match and scheduling to find a good fit.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC010052 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1962917369 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Chinell lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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
Methods Chinell names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Chinell names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approach-driven care online with flexible session types
Dr. Collins commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, or depressive thinking. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and grounding practices that help with stress, emotional regulation, and reacting less automatically to triggers.She also brings motivational interviewing into conversations to build readiness and confidence for change, especially around addictions or health-related goals. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work together; she partners with each person to decide which methods best fit their needs, goals, and daily life preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls let people use visual cues and more traditional talk therapy, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for shorter focused check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins or brief skill practice. These options aim to make care flexible and easier to fit into real life while using evidence-informed techniques.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, eating and body image concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, parenting and family-related struggles, mood disorders including bipolar, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, collaborative approach that emphasizes skill building and small, achievable changes. Sessions blend cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative ideas to help people change patterns and build motivation.
How long has she been practicing clinically?
She has 15 years of experience providing counseling services in a variety of settings, including work with people experiencing homelessness and those coping with major life changes.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in Pennsylvania.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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