Therapist profile
Sean Chandler, LCSW
California
LCSW - anxiety and relationship concerns
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 131178
- NPI
- 1881578144
- Experience
- 9 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- stress management
- communication work
- boundary setting
About Sean
Sean Chandler is a California licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with nine years of professional experience. He works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and depression. He also focuses on concerns like abandonment, codependency, attachment challenges, and issues around control and communication.
Sean helps people talk through what is happening in their day-to-day lives. Sessions look at patterns that lead to people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or losing oneself in relationships. He pays attention to how past attachments and current stressors shape reactions and choices in close relationships.
His approach is practical and straightforward. He asks clear questions about what a person wants to change and what gets in the way. Together with the client he explores small, doable steps to shift interactions and build stronger personal boundaries.
Sean has worked across settings where depression, anxiety, and co-occurring concerns appear together. That background guides his work with people managing complex feelings like guilt, shame, emptiness, or the fallout of separation and divorce. He also supports people coping with the emotional impact of disasters and aging-related stress.
He offers sessions in English and practices in California. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session through the site's online options. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Two evidence-based therapeutic techniques often used for the concerns listed are cognitive behavioral approaches and attachment-focused work. Cognitive behavioral methods involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment-focused work looks at relationship patterns learned early in life and helps people notice how those patterns show up in current relationships and choices.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and decide together what methods to try. That collaborative planning can include checking progress and adjusting techniques over time so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also make it simpler to continue work during life changes, keeping momentum on communication skills, boundary practice, and managing stress.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What issues does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, and depression. Additional focuses include codependency, attachment and related concerns.
How would he describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a practical, straightforward approach. Sessions emphasize understanding patterns and trying small, concrete changes.
How much experience does he have?
He has nine years of professional experience working with adults on mood and relationship concerns.
What credentials does he hold and where is he based?
He is an LCSW licensed in California and practices in that state.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.