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Meet Chelsea

Meet Chelsea

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Chelsea Emery

Chelsea works with couples, individuals, teens, and children who are feeling

overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, or uncertain about how to move forward. She is passionate about helping clients navigate life transitions, relationship challenges, parenting stress, anxiety, and the lasting impact of childhood experiences.

 

Chelsea creates a therapy environment that feels warm, conversational, and approachable rather than overly clinical, where clients feel genuinely seen, understood, and supported. Sessions often feel like authentic conversations that provide insight, practical tools, and meaningful support for growth and healing. She helps clients better understand the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and relational

patterns to build greater self-awareness, healthier communication, and stronger relationships. When working with children and teens, Chelsea incorporates play therapy and expressive arts to help younger clients process emotions and express themselves in developmentally meaningful ways.

  • MA: Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Richmont Graduate University, May 2026

  • Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Counseling, 2024

  • Pre-Licensed Associate Professional Counselor, APC Applied For, under the supervision of Deborah Torell, MA, LMFT, LPC, CPCS

  • BA: Elementary Education from Clemson University, South Carolina, 2013.

  • Training in Gottman Level 1

Experience

Before transitioning into the field of mental health counseling, Chelsea spent nine years as  an educator, teaching both elementary and middle school students. Her experience spans  six years in public schools and three years in a hybrid private Christian education setting.  Throughout her teaching career, she served students and families across South Carolina,  North Carolina, and Georgia.

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Chelsea was also deeply involved in outreach ministry alongside her husband for over a  decade. As a college student and young adult, she served as a volunteer mentor to high  school students within the same ministry that later became a shared calling in their  marriage. In addition to mentoring, she contributed behind the scenes as a regional

administrative assistant for two years, supporting the ministry's operations and outreach  efforts.

Counseling is a second career for Chelsea, born from her deep desire to better support the students and families she encountered during her years in the classroom. Through her experience as an educator, she recognized the need for more effective tools to walk alongside others through life’s challenges, which ultimately led her to transition into the counseling field.

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As a therapist, Chelsea is passionate about serving individuals, couples, children, and families with intentionality, compassion, and care. She believes deeply in each person’s capacity for healing and growth and is committed to creating a safe, supportive environment where clients can explore their emotions, build self-awareness, and move toward meaningful change.

Hands in the Soil

Chelsea offers counseling from a faith-informed perspective, honoring each client’s  preferences regarding spiritual integration. She creates space for clients to decide how,  and if, they’d like to incorporate their faith into the counseling process. For those seeking  Christian counseling, Chelsea thoughtfully integrates biblical principles to support  individuals, couples, and families through life’s challenges. Her approach is grounded in a desire to reflect Christ’s love, compassion, and truth, while walking alongside clients in  their personal and spiritual growth. Chelsea values the integration of evidence-based  psychological practices with the enduring wisdom of Scripture in the journey toward  healing.  

Faith-Based Values

Personal

Outside of her professional life, Chelsea is a wife and a mom to two elementary-aged  children. She loves spending time outdoors with her family; biking, kayaking, or playing  sports in the front yard, and unwinding with a great movie or TV series.

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