Chelsey Flohe , LCSW

Chelsey Flohe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 22 years of clinical experience across civilian, military, and hospital settings. She is a proud female Veteran whose career includes work as a transplant social worker, and that background has shaped a long-standing commitment to supporting people facing chronic illness and health inequities. Her practice emphasizes helping individuals navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life transitions.

Licensed to practice in both Virginia and California, Chelsey brings experience with diverse populations including veterans, caregivers, and those confronting end-of-life and hospice-related concerns. She also works with blended families, aging and geriatric issues, body image and eating-related concerns, chronic pain and disability, domestic violence survivors, and others affected by family-of-origin and multicultural issues. Her clinical focus extends to fertility and hospice counseling, first responder concerns, intellectual disability, and mood disorders.

Chelsey approaches therapy as a partnership that balances support with challenge when needed, helping people move past feelings of being stuck and toward greater self-understanding and empowerment. Her background in social justice and transplant care informs a practice that is attentive to systemic influences on health and well-being. She brings practical strategies and compassionate guidance to help people work through what brought them to therapy.

Evidence-Informed Approaches Delivered Online

Chelsey Flohe integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy along with Motivational Interviewing into her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing and reducing the ongoing impact of traumatic events, supporting healing from abuse, military trauma, and other painful experiences. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that strengthens a person’s own motivation to change, useful for managing health behaviors, substance-related concerns, and readiness for change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Chelsey works collaboratively with clients and with other licensed professionals when appropriate to determine which methods best match a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts strategies over time as those needs evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility by allowing sessions via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, mobility limitations, or geographic constraints to access consistent support and continue therapeutic work between in-person appointments if needed.