Prof. Florence Chichester, LMHC

Prof. Florence Chichester is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical ways to improve self-esteem, cope with life changes, and address issues like grief, addiction, and trauma. Florence writes and talks plainly so parents and busy adults can understand next steps.

She combines cognitive behavioral ideas with attachment and client-centered approaches. In sessions she helps people spot unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and notice patterns that affect relationships. Her style is warm and direct, with a focus on clear tools you can use between meetings.

Florence has guided many people through work stress, family dynamics, and transitions like career shifts or caregiving changes. She also supports those facing challenges with sleep, eating, or attention. Her background in New York informs her awareness of diverse cultural experiences.

Sessions are aimed at setting concrete goals and building everyday skills. Florence encourages small experiments in thinking and behavior, then reviews what worked. She also attends to feelings and attachment experiences that shape how people relate to others.

People meet her for short-term problem solving or longer work on deeper patterns. She offers a blend of coaching and therapy techniques to match each person’s needs. The first meeting focuses on clear priorities and a straightforward plan for progress.

How Florence’s approaches work in online therapy

Florence uses cognitive behavioral ideas and attachment-focused work to help people understand thoughts, emotions, and relationship patterns. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches specific strategies to change behavior and mood, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and addiction-related patterns. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and helps people notice and shift those patterns in present relationships.

She combines these approaches with a client-centered stance that keeps the client’s goals central. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review what works and adjust methods based on needs, goals, and preferences over time.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face when discussion and visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to share thoughts between meetings. These formats make therapy more accessible for people juggling work, parenting, or caregiving responsibilities.