Meet Chelsea
Chelsea Kuehl, MA
California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #117048
California Certified Addiction Treatment Counselor Level Four #133408
Massachusetts Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #5000959
Chelsea received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology in 2015 and Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 2017. She has been working with the substance use and mental health treatment field since 2012. In 2013 Chelsea became certified as an addition treatment counselor and began practicing psychotherapy in 2016. She has completed foundational training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), level 1 and level 2 training of Radically-Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) . In addition, Chelsea has participated in a two day intensive training of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
In her 10 years of experience, Chelsea has functioned as a case manager, primary therapist, ancillary therapist, group therapist, and substance use counselor. In this time she has facilitated many different topic, skill based, and process focused groups. Chelsea has worked in full service partnership (FSP), residential (RTC), partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive out patient (IOP), outpatient (OP), and community settings including high schools.
Chelsea feels honored to be allowed into the lives of her clients, understanding from personal experience that it can be difficult to trust another person, no less allow them to help you. It is important to her that her clients truly feel cared for and as though someone is rooting for them. She sees her relationships with clients as collaborative in nature (focusing on client goals and value system), one where she functions as a resource, guide, teacher, and friendly face.
Chelsea values participating in mindful and creative pursuits. She enjoys spending time in nature, learning, participating in arts and crafts (in particular ceramics), believes in the healing nature of laughter and connection, and encourages a holistic mindset. Chelsea believes that helpers need help too and as part of that belief, focuses on attending to her own wellbeing in addition to be a resource for other helpers.