Chelsea Sudderth, LMSW
Michigan · 8 years in practice
Chelsea Sudderth is a licensed master social worker who centers therapeutic work on the person in front of her.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801105582 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1871726794 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Chelsea
Chelsea Sudderth is a licensed master social worker who centers therapeutic work on the person in front of her. She uses an individual, client-centered approach and draws on existential ideas to help people make sense of hard choices and painful feelings. Chelsea has eight years of professional experience in mental health care.
She focuses on common and complex concerns like depression, anxiety, bipolar mood patterns, ADHD, and trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Chelsea also helps with stress, self-esteem, body image, eating concerns, and career or life changes. Her work includes practical coping skills and attention to the meanings that shape a person’s life. In sessions she blends talk-based methods with skills practice.
That can include cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts, dialectical skills to tolerate distress, and acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and action. The client-centered stance keeps the person’s priorities central at every step. Chelsea describes her role as a partner rather than an authority.
She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can name what’s hard and try things that might help. Because she has received therapy herself, she emphasizes empathy and straightforward support. She works with people in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.
Chelsea understands the courage it takes to start therapy and focuses on meeting people where they are. If someone wants practical strategies plus deeper meaning work, she combines those elements in a collaborative way.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Chelsea lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Chelsea names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How Chelsea’s approaches work online
Existential Therapy helps people look at life’s big questions and the choices they can make; it’s useful for those facing transitions, meaning struggles, or persistent uncertainty. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying values and taking committed actions that fit those values. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and letting the person’s goals guide the pace and focus of sessions.Chelsea treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with the person about what feels most pressing, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust based on feedback and progress. That collaborative process helps match skills practice and reflective work to individual goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or fitting therapy around a busy schedule.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Chelsea address?
Chelsea works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and related issues like self-esteem, eating concerns, and career changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach with existential perspectives, blending talk therapy and practical skills like CBT and DBT techniques to help people cope and find direction.
What background and experience does she have?
Chelsea has eight years of professional experience and reports personal experience as a therapy recipient that informs her compassionate, nonjudgmental approach.
Where is she licensed and based?
Chelsea holds an LMSW license in Michigan and provides services to people located in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer online?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the session type chosen.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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