Chantal MacDonald, LCPC, LMHC

Therapist in Florida

Chantal MacDonald is a licensed counselor who centers her work on attachment-based principles to help people understand how relationships shape feelings and behavior.

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Licensed inFlorida, Nevada
LicenseMH21352, CP5642-R
NPI 1710650353
Experience5+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Chantal

Chantal MacDonald is a licensed counselor who centers her work on attachment-based principles to help people understand how relationships shape feelings and behavior. She holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and approaches sessions with warmth and openness. Chantal keeps conversations direct and practical to help clients take small, useful steps forward.

She has five years of clinical experience and has helped people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports those coping with addictions, grief, trauma, and depression.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on noticing patterns and finding everyday strategies to feel more grounded. Chantal uses a client-centered stance, which means she listens closely and follows each person's priorities. She also integrates cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and emotions.

These methods are mixed with emotion-focused and dialectical skills when helpful for regulation and relationship work. In a typical session she helps people name their feelings, test different ways of responding, and try new communication steps. She aims for clear, practical guidance rather than technical language.

The work is collaborative and paced to the client's comfort. Chantal provides services from Florida and conducts sessions in English. Her areas of focus include a wide range of concerns such as intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, ADHD, body image, and codependency.

People come to her for support during major life changes and when old patterns stop working. To begin she helps clients set goals, pick manageable steps, and build tools they can use between sessions. The goal is steady progress that fits each person's life.

Credentials

LMHC (Florida): License MH21352 · expires March 2027
LCPC (Nevada): License CP5642-R · expires January 2028
NPI: 1710650353 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Chantal lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Body image
Cancer
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Dissociation
Eating and food-related issues
Gender dysphoria
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Jealousy
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Traumatic brain injury

Approaches Chantal names

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Online support

Attachment and Skills-Based Therapy Online

Chantal often combines attachment-based work with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships influence feelings, helping people spot repeating patterns. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities to build trust and clarity. Cognitive behavioral work addresses unhelpful thoughts and builds practical skills for mood and behavior changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to identify goals and then tests which methods fit best. That collaborative process helps shape whether more emotion-focused, skills-based, or attachment work will lead the sessions.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when a lower bandwidth connection is needed or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief support, coaching-style check-ins, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.

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Frequently asked

What kinds of issues does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and more.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is warm and client-centered, blending attachment ideas with CBT and emotion-focused skills to address feelings and relationship patterns.

What is her professional background?

She has five years of clinical experience supporting people through life changes and emotional challenges.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She holds LCPC and LMHC credentials and provides services out of Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are sessions available internationally?

International clients are not currently accepted; services are provided to clients in the licensed region.

What session formats does she use?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and scheduling work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to start, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.

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