Raj Chehl , LPC

Raj Chehl is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with deep experience guiding individuals, couples, and families toward greater emotional balance and self-understanding. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process that honors each person's expertise about their own life while offering evidence-informed guidance to support change. Drawing on a mix of conventional and complementary methods, she blends person-centered listening with structured interventions to help clients move from surviving to thriving.

She earned a Bachelor of Science from North Carolina State University and a Master of Arts from Oakland University. In addition to clinical training, she is a certified yoga teacher registered with Yoga Alliance, which allows her to incorporate breathwork and mindful movement into care when appropriate to enhance emotional, mental, and physical balance. Her broad skill set supports work on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and many other life challenges.

With more than 23 years of clinical experience and active LPC licensure in Michigan and Texas, she uses a multi-modal, holistic framework that can include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, existential exploration, EMDR for trauma, and Imago relationship work. She helps clients clarify needs, practice new ways of relating, and replace limiting beliefs with more empowering perspectives. Raj welcomes the opportunity to support meaningful, sustainable change. "You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a single drop" - Rumi

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Raj Chehl

Raj uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client's voice guides the work; this approach emphasizes empathy and supports exploration of personal values, relationships, and life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another core method she uses - it focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to build practical coping skills. For clients coping with trauma, she incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a structured approach that helps process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Raj works with each person to consider their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods over time so therapy remains aligned with what is most helpful and realistic for the client.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility - sessions by video or phone let clients meet from home while live chat and text-based messaging provide options for people who prefer brief, ongoing contact between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit care into busy lives, support continuity through transitions, and expand access for clients who live at a distance or have scheduling constraints.