Dr. Chelsea Dumas

Dr. Chelsea Dumas is a clinical psychologist practicing in Michigan. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, relationship strain, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career or life changes. She also pays attention to issues that often affect women, such as body-image, self-esteem, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.

Dr. Dumas uses a practical, straightforward style in sessions. She listens closely to what matters most to each person and moves at a pace that feels comfortable. Conversations focus on concrete goals and steps people can try between appointments.

Her approach blends client-centered conversation with cognitive-behavioral tools and trauma-focused ideas. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new ways of responding, and process difficult experiences related to stress or trauma. She also draws on motivational interviewing when people are thinking about changing substance use or other habits.

With 12 years of experience, Dr. Dumas has worked with many people around substance use and recovery, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and family-of-origin problems. Her background includes treating co-occurring issues like mood disorders alongside addiction, and helping people work through guilt, shame, and abandonment concerns.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Dr. Dumas encourages clients to set priorities and to test small changes between meetings. If you want to explore treatment for women's issues, trauma, addiction, or mood concerns, she may be able to help you identify the next steps.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

Dr. Dumas blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral tools and DBT ideas to help people manage symptoms and change unhelpful patterns. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding priorities, and moving at the client's pace; it helps people who need a supportive space to sort out what matters. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify and shift thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety, depression, or sleep problems, and it often includes concrete exercises to try between meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can be useful for mood instability, anger, and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dr. Dumas will collaborate with each person to decide whether CBT, DBT-informed skills, trauma-focused work, or a client-centered path fits best. Goals, daily life demands, and comfort with different techniques guide that choice.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is tight, and allow people to use tools and worksheets between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT skills for remote meetings so people can continue progress when meeting in person is difficult.