Hi! My name is Chelsea. I am a licensed therapist serving clients in Pennsylvania. I have been privileged to work with people from many different walks of life in almost every mental health level of care, and currently I provide short-term and long-term virtual individual therapy for adolescents and adults. I help people whose emotional pain has spilled out onto their relationships, work, family, physical health, or creative endeavors, whatever the source of this pain may be. Perhaps this pain comes from facing a significant life transition, grieving a loved one, or difficulty breaking free from traumatic events or periods of life. Often this pain comes in the form of anxiety, excessive worry, hypervigilance, depressed or unstable mood, irritability, numbness, hopelessness, fatigue, dissociation, or suicidal thoughts. I believe that mental health symptom relief and learning practical coping skills are important in treatment, and I also believe that healing does not have to stop there. Therapy can be a place to (re)discover your true self, to become unburdened from the weight of the past, to help you live a meaningful life where you have agency, or to build your psychological immunity for the future.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
My goal in our first session is to orient towards your feelings, thoughts, fears, hopes, and goals that bring you to therapy. I do this through asking questions that will help me meet you on your own terms, listening and attending to you, and understanding what you are motivated to reach for.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My strength is shown to the degree I express a nonjudgmental, patient, and authentic stance towards clients. I value providing a safe and warm relational experience and creating the space for you as you are within that warmth. And I am always concerned with helping you direct your own life by helping you see and own the power you have. I take our work seriously, so I do my best to continually evolve my professional knowledge and skills, to walk the path of continual growth in my own life, and to depend on my own people in order to be a good enough therapist for you. I am grateful to be here for you.
About Chelsea Adams
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Psychodynamic
Practicing psychodynamically means that I pay particular attention to emotional expression, avoided thoughts and feelings, recurring themes and patterns, the way your past touches upon your present life, and your wishes and desires, and past and present attachment patterns. Acknowledging and feeling the full range of your emotions and thoughts, working through the ways your past touches upon your present, examining the range of your imaginative life, and expanding your ability to face reality within the context of a helping relationship all lead to greater emotional and psychological health.
Humanistic
Having a humanistic and person-centered orientation means that I aim to frame our work together around your will, your choices, your agency, your values, and your strength. While I am an active participant in the therapeutic process with you and can provide suggestions as needed, I strive to allow you to have your own process of psychological and emotional direction and growth.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I use Internal Family Systems to offer you a way to work with disavowed or difficult parts of yourself. Rather than fighting with parts of yourself that are stubborn and just won’t go away, we can learn how to be present with them, offer them understanding, care, and more safety.
Somatic
I integrate principles from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing Psychotherapy to help support your connection with your feelings and to facilitate change in your emotional states through the resources of the body.
EMDR
I am currently in EMDRIA-approved EMDR Basic Training and will complete this in February 2025. I am providing this under supervision. EMDR helps to reduce or resolve distress related to past disturbing experiences as well as recent or ongoing distressing experiences.