- Thoughts and everyday habits
- Practical skill building
- Person-centered care
About Florence
Prof. Florence Chichester is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, relationship strains, depression, and changes in life. She focuses on everyday thoughts and habits that shape mood and behavior. Florence aims to make therapy accessible and practical for busy people who need straightforward tools and clear steps.
She takes a person-centered approach that centers the client's goals and perspective. Sessions often include talking through patterns, testing small behavior changes, and learning new ways to respond to old problems. Florence draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections, and she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, from parenting and caregiving stress to grief, addiction, eating and sleeping issues, and career challenges. She also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy worries, ADHD, and burnout-related compassion fatigue. Florence pays attention to cultural background and life transitions when planning care.
In sessions she adopts an empathic, direct style. She helps people notice everyday habits, try small experiments, and build skills that fit their daily routine. The focus is practical change - clearer communication, better sleep habits, mood regulation, and healthier relationship patterns.
Florence practices in New York and offers therapy in English. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
She takes a person-centered approach that centers the client's goals and perspective. Sessions often include talking through patterns, testing small behavior changes, and learning new ways to respond to old problems. Florence draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections, and she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, from parenting and caregiving stress to grief, addiction, eating and sleeping issues, and career challenges. She also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy worries, ADHD, and burnout-related compassion fatigue. Florence pays attention to cultural background and life transitions when planning care.
In sessions she adopts an empathic, direct style. She helps people notice everyday habits, try small experiments, and build skills that fit their daily routine. The focus is practical change - clearer communication, better sleep habits, mood regulation, and healthier relationship patterns.
Florence practices in New York and offers therapy in English. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
How these approaches work for online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship experiences shape current bonds and emotional responses. That approach helps when relationship patterns, intimacy concerns, or attachment issues are part of the problem. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and pace; the therapist listens, reflects, and follows what matters most to the client so sessions feel tailored and respectful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going by testing beliefs and trying small behavior experiments between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help clients decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can shift as progress unfolds.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support steady progress by letting people practice changes in their usual routines and bring real-life examples to sessions. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively in remote formats when the method and client needs are matched.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, addictions, parenting challenges, and ADHD-related struggles.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is person-centered and practical, focusing on everyday thoughts and habits, clearer communication, and small behavior changes that fit daily life.
What experience does the therapist bring?
She has 15 years of clinical experience supporting people through life transitions, trauma recovery, workplace stress, and identity and cultural concerns.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
She is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and practices in New York.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with this clinician?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.