Dr. Chelsea Dumas, MI Psychologist 6301018607, IL Psychologist 071009812

Dr. Chelsea Dumas helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship strain. She is a clinical psychologist licensed in Michigan and Illinois and brings 12 years of professional experience to sessions. Her work often addresses sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with big life changes.

She uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to the person sitting across from her. She pays attention to how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact, and she helps people try different ways of responding to difficult situations. She also looks at how family history and current relationships shape problems in everyday life.

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, is one common way she structures work when changing unhelpful thinking patterns is helpful. She pairs that with client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and goals. For people dealing with intense emotions or trauma, she can draw on skills from dialectical behavior therapy and trauma-focused approaches.

She has substantial experience helping people affected by substance use, whether they are trying to stop or have been in recovery, and supporting those close to someone with addiction. She also works with mood disorders, grief, guilt and shame, and issues that come from family of origin and relationship problems.

Sessions are offered in English and are provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The profile notes that sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How CBT and related approaches work online

CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often includes short exercises, tracking moods or behaviors, and trying new responses to situations that cause anxiety or low mood. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following the person's pace to set goals that matter. This approach is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and build motivation. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, which can help with anger, mood swings, and distress after trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist talks with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommends or combines methods that fit. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made or goals shift.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video is useful for a full session feel and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging can be a quicker check-in or a way to process between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while allowing consistent access to licensed professionals and therapists.