LICSW, 6 years of experience
New to Grow
I’m Chelsea Singleton, LICSW, a clinical social worker and Doctor of Social Work who integrates evidence-based therapies with a strong commitment to social justice. I specialize in supporting individuals, couples, and families through approaches such as CBT, DBT, IFS, and somatic therapy, always tailoring my work to honor each client’s lived experience and cultural identity. My focus is on creating a safe, collaborative space where healing, empowerment, and resilience can thrive.
The first session is centered around establishing a working relationship and gaining as much insight into what is bringing you to therapy and your life leading up to now.
What stands out about my therapeutic process is the way I blend evidence-based approaches with a deep commitment to social justice and decolonizing practices. I don’t just focus on symptom management—I help clients understand how their personal struggles are connected to larger systemic forces, while also building practical skills for resilience and healing. My process is collaborative, culturally affirming, and rooted in compassion, creating space for clients to feel seen, empowered, and supported as their whole selves.
I am best positioned to serve clients who are seeking a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore life’s challenges while also acknowledging the larger systems that impact their well-being. Many of the clients I work with are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, or identity concerns, and they value an approach that blends evidence-based therapy with social justice and cultural humility. I especially connect with individuals, couples, and families who want to not only heal and grow personally but also understand how their stories intersect with broader issues of equity, resilience, and empowerment.
As a social justice–focused clinical social worker, I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients recognize and challenge internalized oppressive narratives while also naming the systemic forces that contribute to their struggles. My doctoral training in decolonizing modalities informs the way I adapt CBT strategies to affirm cultural identities, resist harmful stereotypes, and honor lived experiences. In my practice, CBT becomes not only a tool for individual healing but also a pathway toward collective resilience and equity.
As a social justice–focused clinical social worker, I approach couples therapy by creating space to explore how systemic oppression, cultural expectations, and generational patterns impact relationships. My doctoral training in decolonizing modalities guides me in helping partners recognize and challenge power imbalances, internalized biases, and communication barriers that may be rooted in larger societal structures. In practice, I use couples therapy to strengthen relational bonds while fostering mutual respect, equity, and shared resilience.
As a social justice–focused clinical social worker, I utilize Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help clients build skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness while acknowledging the systemic stressors that often intensify their struggles. My doctoral training in decolonizing modalities informs the way I adapt DBT interventions to be culturally responsive, affirming, and grounded in the lived realities of marginalized communities. In practice, DBT becomes a tool not only for personal stability but also for fostering empowerment, resilience, and advocacy within unjust systems.
As a social justice–focused clinical social worker, I utilize Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients explore and honor their inner parts while recognizing how systemic oppression can shape and burden those parts. My doctoral training in decolonizing modalities informs the way I guide clients toward self-leadership, integrating practices that affirm cultural identity and challenge narratives rooted in marginalization. In practice, IFS becomes a pathway for deep healing, self-compassion, and empowerment in the face of inequitable systems.
As a social justice–focused clinical social worker, I utilize somatic therapy to help clients reconnect with their bodies and release the stress and trauma that systemic oppression often embeds in the nervous system. My doctoral training in decolonizing modalities informs the way I adapt somatic practices to honor cultural traditions, resist pathologizing responses to trauma, and center embodied resilience. In practice, somatic therapy becomes a means of fostering healing, grounding, and empowerment while challenging the ways oppression lives in the body.