- Attachment-informed care
- CBT and DBT skills
- Sleep and rest focus
About Chantal
Chantal MacDonald is a licensed clinician practicing in Florida. She holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and brings five years of clinical experience to sessions. Chantal focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and sleep concerns. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s hardest for them.
Chantal uses approaches rooted in attachment work, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. In practice that means she helps people notice how their thoughts and relationships affect daily moods and habits. She offers skills for managing intense feelings and for shifting unhelpful thinking patterns.
Many people have asked for help with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, and communication problems. Chantal also supports people facing identity and sexuality questions, body image and eating-related struggles, and the stress that comes with caregiving or career change. She pays attention to how past losses and trauma shape current reactions.
Sessions are conversational and practical. Chantal balances empathic listening with concrete strategies you can try between meetings. She emphasizes small, achievable steps toward better sleep, steadier mood, and healthier routines.
Her experience includes working with people who have ADHD, attachment challenges, and those managing long-term conditions such as cancer or HIV. Chantal encourages anyone thinking about therapy to take the first step and see if her way of working fits their needs.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence how people relate today. In practice this means noticing patterns in close relationships and trying new ways of connecting that feel safer and more satisfying. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts affect feelings and actions and teaches steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. These methods can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood shifts.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Chantal will talk with each person about what feels most important, what has or hasn’t helped before, and what they want to change. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust those choices as progress unfolds.
The therapist’s biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce time spent traveling, and allow check-ins during a workday or between appointments. Some formats are better for shorter skill-based visits while others suit longer, deeper conversations; Chantal will help match meeting length and frequency to personal goals and daily routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Florida, Nevada
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Chantal help with?
Chantal helps people who struggle with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, depression, and sleep problems. She also supports those facing relationship, intimacy, body image, and career challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach blends attentive listening with practical tools. Sessions combine attachment-informed understanding with cognitive and emotion-regulation skills.
What is her background and experience?
She has five years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including coping with loss, addiction recovery, and managing anxiety.
What credentials and location are listed?
Chantal holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Florida.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.