Chante Cross, LPC

Chante Cross is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Virginia with ten years of post-master's experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take when stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or life transitions feel overwhelming. Chante writes and speaks plainly, helping clients break problems into manageable pieces and build skills that fit daily life.

Her approach treats the client as the expert on their story. She uses clear, goal-oriented methods to identify what is getting in the way and what can change. Sessions often involve learning new thought and behavior strategies, trying concrete exercises, and tracking progress between appointments.

Chante blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with solution-focused techniques and somatic work. That mix supports both short-term problem solving and deeper patterns linked to the body and emotions. She also brings coaching-style direction for career stress, motivation, and decision points.

People who connect with Chante tend to want straightforward tools and honest feedback. She offers a calm, empowering tone and helps people set practical goals they can act on each week. Her style favors clear steps over long lectures.

Her background includes work with grief, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, caregiving stress, and a range of intimacy and identity topics. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, body image, codependency, and blended family dynamics when they come up in sessions.

Practical approaches adapted for online care

Chante commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Somatic Therapy in her online practice. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or low motivation. Somatic Therapy focuses on how the body holds stress and teaches gentle awareness and movement to ease emotional overwhelm.

She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term, achievable goals and track what works. That approach is useful when someone needs clear steps to move past a specific problem or decision. Together these approaches give both skill-based tools and ways to work with physical sensations tied to emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens collaboratively. Chante will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then adapt methods to fit. Clients and therapist check progress and shift strategies when something is not helping.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet without traveling. Video calls let people practice skills in real time and read nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick reflections, coaching-style check-ins, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy days and varied routines.