Chatone Strickland, LCSW

Chatone Strickland is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with four years of practice. She focuses on helping people untangle the things that get in the way of how they want to live. Chatone emphasizes clear goals and practical steps so people can move toward what matters to them.

Her style centers on direct conversation and skill-building. She listens for the values behind a person's struggles and then works with them to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions include trying new coping skills and talking through real-life problems so progress carries outside the therapy hour.

Chatone uses cognitive behavioral techniques alongside motivational interviewing and trauma-focused methods. That combination lets her address unhelpful thinking, boost motivation for change, and attend to past hurt when it still causes problems today. She explains tools in plain language and practices from a strengths-based viewpoint.

She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship concerns, addiction issues, parenting strain, career problems, and life transitions. She also focuses on post-traumatic stress and smoking or vaping cessation.

Sessions are offered in English and Chatone accepts clients both in Texas and internationally. She guides each person through setting clear goals and building small, realistic steps to reach them.

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Chatone uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on simple experiments and new habits that can be practiced between sessions to ease anxiety, depression, or behavior patterns like smoking and vaping.

She also uses motivational interviewing to help people strengthen their own reasons for change. This approach is collaborative and works well when someone feels stuck or unsure about taking the next step. Trauma-focused therapy is used when past events continue to affect current functioning, and it involves paced work to reduce the impact of those memories on daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Chatone will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on progress and feedback.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and skill demonstrations, phone can be lower-bandwidth or easier during a busy day, and chat or text supports short check-ins or between-session contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a schedule and keep consistent momentum toward goals.