About Chinell
Dr. Chinell Collins offers direct, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes. She is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with 15 years of clinical experience.
Her style is straightforward and motivational, aimed at helping people take manageable steps forward. Clients often come for help with addiction, mood concerns, trauma, or problems with eating and body image. She also works with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting stresses, anger, and problems with focus or impulsivity.
Background and approach
Dr. Collins helps people break concerns into clear goals and small actions. Her main method is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, paired with mindfulness and motivational approaches to build practical coping skills.
She also uses narrative ideas to help people rethink their stories and make changes that fit their values. Sessions focus on manageable techniques that can be used day to day. Dr.
Collins has long experience supporting people who feel stuck or hopeless, including volunteer work with people experiencing homelessness. That background informs a hopeful, results-oriented approach that values small progress. She aims to be a steady partner while clients try new ways of coping.
People who prefer a clear plan, practical tools, and a supportive coach will find her approach accessible. She encourages open conversation about goals and tailors methods to fit each person's needs.
Approach and online options for building skills
Dr. Collins uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT focuses on practical exercises and goal setting to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and change patterns that feed addictions.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas and mindfulness to strengthen emotional regulation and present-moment awareness. DBT-style skills help with impulsivity, anger, and intense emotions, while mindfulness teaches attention and grounding that can ease stress and improve sleep.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Collins will discuss your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust the plan as you progress. She works with clients to set small, measurable steps so change feels achievable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow for full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy lives and keep work moving forward.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English