Chatone Strickland, LCSW

Chatone Strickland is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas. She brings four years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people find clearer direction when stress and anxiety feel overwhelming. She speaks English and works with clients who may be connecting from outside the United States as well.

Chatone approaches therapy as a partnership where the client is the expert on their life and she acts as a guide. She helps people clarify goals and notice what gets in the way of reaching them. In sessions she looks at thoughts, behaviors, beliefs, and actions to find practical ways forward.

Her methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at links between thinking and behavior, and Motivational Interviewing, which helps people find their own reasons to change. She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events continue to cause distress.

She teaches coping skills, problem-solving steps, and ways to manage strong emotions. This can include support for stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction concerns, and life changes. She also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, career stress, grief, and concerns such as ADHD or bipolar that show up for clients.

Chatone aims to work from a strengths-based perspective, noticing what already helps a person and building on it. She seeks to help people move toward the life they want by removing barriers and practicing new habits.

How these approaches shape online therapy

Chatone uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns between thoughts and actions and to practice small changes that reduce stress and anxiety. CBT sessions often include clear exercises and skill-building that can be done between meetings.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people connect with their own reasons for change and to set workable goals. This approach is conversational and focuses on drawing out a person’s motivation rather than pushing advice.

Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past events affect day-to-day functioning; it involves careful pacing, grounding strategies, and processing in ways that feel manageable for the client.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let a person use audio-only meetings when video is not practical. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches for remote work so the focus stays on goals and practical steps rather than where the session happens.