Chanell Mundell, LPC-A

Professional Introduction

Chanell Mundell, LPC-A, is a Connecticut Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who provides compassionate, supportive therapy for clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship concerns, and other emotional challenges. Her counseling style is warm, collaborative, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change begins when clients feel safe enough to understand themselves more deeply.

Chanell has experience providing outpatient mental health treatment as well as behavioral and therapeutic support to children and adolescents. Her professional background includes work as an outpatient mental health therapist, clinical mental health counseling intern, behavior technician, and therapeutic support professional in educational and community settings.

Her work is especially focused on helping clients recognize the connection between their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, and lived experiences. She encourages clients to approach therapy as a journey of growth rather than a process of simply “fixing” what is wrong. On her Psychology Today profile, Chanell describes therapy through the metaphor of life as a book made up of different chapters, with each experience contributing to greater understanding and growth.

Chanell’s approach aligns closely with Divine Resilience Psychotherapy’s commitment to providing culturally responsive, compassionate online mental health services throughout Connecticut.

My Approach to Therapy

Chanell believes therapy should feel like a safe and supportive partnership. She prioritizes developing a strong therapeutic relationship by offering warmth, patience, encouragement, and a nonjudgmental environment where clients can gradually become comfortable sharing difficult experiences.

She understands that opening up in therapy can feel vulnerable, particularly when discussing painful experiences or “opening old wounds.” Rather than rushing the process, Chanell meets clients where they are and works at a pace that supports trust, confidence, and emotional safety.

Her approach encourages clients to develop greater awareness of how emotions, thoughts, and behaviors influence one another. Together, Chanell and her clients identify patterns that may contribute to emotional distress, explore the experiences that shaped those patterns, and develop strategies for responding differently.

Using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and trauma-informed interventions, Chanell helps clients build practical coping skills, strengthen emotional resilience, increase self-awareness, and develop greater confidence in navigating everyday challenges.

Her goal is not to dictate what clients should do. Instead, she helps them understand themselves more fully, recognize their strengths, and identify realistic changes that support the life they want to create.

Specialties & Areas of Focus

• Anxiety and excessive worry

• Depression and low mood

• Trauma and PTSD

• Life transitions and adjustment

• Relationship and family concerns

• Self-esteem and self-confidence

• Identity development

• Stress management

• Coping skills

• Emotional regulation

• Behavioral concerns

• Anger management

• ADHD

• Peer relationships

• School-related challenges

• Substance use concerns

• Family conflict

• LGBTQ+ concerns

• Personal growth and self-awareness

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  Chanell uses CBT to help clients understand how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another. Clients learn to recognize unhelpful thinking patterns, challenge them, and develop healthier responses to difficult situations. CBT is a central component of her therapeutic approach.

• Motivational Interviewing

• A collaborative approach that helps clients explore uncertainty about change, identify personal motivations, and strengthen confidence in making decisions that align with their goals and values.

• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

  Focuses on clients’ strengths, resources, and desired outcomes. Chanell helps clients identify practical steps toward improvement rather than remaining solely focused on problems.

• Trauma-Informed Care

  Recognizes how trauma and difficult experiences can affect emotional well-being, relationships, behaviors, and sense of safety. Chanell works to create a therapeutic environment characterized by respect, predictability, collaboration, and emotional safety.

• MATCH / Modular Behavioral Health Interventions

  Chanell reports specialized MATCH training, which supports flexible, evidence-informed treatment for children and adolescents experiencing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and behavioral challenges. Her Psychology Today profile also identifies MET/CBT substance-use training.

Education & Credentials

• Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPC-A) -

  State of Connecticut

• Master of Art (M.A.) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - University of Saint Joseph

• B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies - Southern Connecticut State University

• Concentrations in Psychology and Public Health/Wellness

Client Focus

• Children

• Adolescents and teens

• Adults

• Individuals

• Couples

• Families

• Clients experiencing anxiety or depression

• Children and teens with emotional or behavioral concerns

• Clients healing from trauma

• Individuals experiencing relationship or family stress

• Clients navigating significant life transitions

• Individuals seeking greater confidence and self-awareness

• LGBTQ+ clients

• Clients navigating substance-use concerns

• Clients from diverse racial, cultural, socioeconomic, and family backgrounds