I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor, Supervisor in Louisiana and Nationally Certified Counselor with over 5 years of experience working as a counselor. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, family issues, identity issues, career challenges, and eating disorders. I also helped many people who have addictions to substances including heroin, pain pills, cocaine, methamphetamines, benzodiazepines, and alcohol,
My counseling style is approachable and interactive. I believe the counseling process is one where we both work together to help you reach your goals. I believe in treating everyone with respect, care, compassion, and and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines a variety of counseling styles to include solution-focused, person-centered, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness. Since therapy is about you, I tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
It is a major milestone for someone to take the initiative to want to improve area(s) in their life. If you are ready to take that step I am here and ready to support and help you.
I look forward to working with you!
Additional areas of focus: Grief, Eating disorders, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Body image, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Drug and alcohol addiction, Forgiveness, Life purpose, Military and veterans issues, Self-harm, Self-love, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy
LA LPC 6437
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. & Mrs. Chelsey Ragas. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Dr. Ragas is skillful, knowledgeable, and very professional. I recommend her without any hesitation.
Written on Apr 04, 2023 after therapy with Chelsey for 2 years and 6 months on issues concerning depression, grief, and coping with life changes
She is a great counselor and always wants the best for her clients.
Written on May 19, 2022 after therapy with Chelsey for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, depression, self esteem, relationship issues, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, anger management, eating disorders, and compassion fatigue
Dr. Ragas has been a great guide in my mental health journey. Over a period of months she has helped me process through a lot of past trauma and experiences in my own time. Her approach with me has been gentle and supportive, but is always ready to point out the unhealthy practices I have in my life in constructive ways. She is very obviously dedicated to her patients and cares about them deeply. I do most of the talking in the sessions, but she is quick to guide the discussion back to our planned topics if necessary and recognizes valuable departures from the planned course. I would definitely recommend her if you want an open, empathetic individual for your guide/therapist.
Written on Apr 22, 2022 after therapy with Chelsey for 6 months on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety
She's great.
Written on Apr 05, 2022 after therapy with Chelsey for 1 year and 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety
Dr Ragas has been amazing and helped me manage though a very tough time. She’s patient, understanding and truly cares about her patients. I know counseling isn’t for everyone, but I believe those who are ‘iffy’ about counseling would be converts if they had a Dr Ragas in their lives!
Written on Oct 18, 2021 after therapy with Chelsey for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Dr. Ragas is wonderful. She is thoughtful, practical, nonjudgmental and empathic. She helped me significantly with issues related to social and generalized anxiety and alcohol abuse. I would recommend her without reservation to anyone who is considering therapy.
Written on Jun 29, 2021 after therapy with Chelsey for 4 months