Chandel Tommola

Chandel Tommola is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and works with clients to identify the next practical step. Chandel aims to help people regain a sense of themselves and move toward clearer routines and goals.

She has twelve years of counseling experience across settings that include private practice, the justice system, in-home care, and telehealth. That range has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth approach that adapts to what each person needs in the moment. Sessions emphasize understanding what keeps someone stuck and building skills to change it.

Chandel uses a mix of approaches rather than a single model. She listens closely, asks thoughtful questions, and will challenge unhelpful behaviors or thinking patterns when needed. The focus is practical work you can use between sessions, like coping tools and clearer problem-solving strategies.

She often helps people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, addiction concerns, or issues tied to identity and sexual orientation. Intellectual disability and autism are listed among her areas of focus, and she includes those concerns when they arise in therapy together with other life challenges.

Chandel schedules regular weekday evening sessions and sometimes offers make-up appointments when her calendar allows. If a parent or caregiver is exploring options, she encourages starting with a short questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment to see if the approach feels like a fit.

Approaches that guide online work and progress

Chandel draws from Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to guide online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people name their goals and values. CBT looks at how thoughts and actions influence mood and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that get in the way.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what they want to change and build their own reasons for doing it. That approach is useful for behavior changes like addressing addiction or boosting commitment to new routines.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then tailor a combination of methods that fits. Clients and the therapist decide together how to proceed and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The therapist's background includes telehealth experience, but the biography does not list specific session formats for ongoing care. Confirm available formats before booking so sessions fit your schedule. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer options that reduce travel time or disruption to work or caregiving routines.