Chenelle Forbes

Chenelle Forbes is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on common, painful problems like stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Chenelle emphasizes practical support and steady partnership as people work toward clearer goals and more manageable days.

She starts by listening to each person’s story and noticing strengths that can be built on. Sessions aim to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck and develop small, usable strategies for change. Chenelle encourages realistic steps rather than quick fixes, and she respects the courage it takes to ask for help.

Her work includes helping people cope with life changes and relationship wounds linked to abandonment, attachment, communication, and infidelity. She also addresses feelings like emptiness, guilt, and shame, and life pressures such as money problems, men’s issues, and questions of life purpose.

Chenelle has experience supporting people facing HIV/AIDS and those navigating hospice and end-of-life concerns. She also helps people dealing with isolation and loneliness by focusing on ways to reconnect and rebuild social support.

Her style is practical, direct, and compassionate. She frames the client as the expert of their own life and aims to empower people to try new approaches. The first conversations are used to clarify goals and outline steps that fit the person’s everyday routine.

How Chenelle’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Chenelle uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One strand of this work helps people identify unhelpful patterns and replace them with concrete skills for coping with stress and anxiety. This approach is about learning step-by-step tools to manage feelings and daily demands.

Another element focuses on healing from trauma and relationship wounds by processing difficult experiences at a pace the person can handle. This work aims to reduce overwhelming reactions and improve communication and connection over time.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Chenelle listens to goals, preferences, and current challenges, and then suggests options to try together. She adjusts methods based on what proves helpful in real life rather than sticking to a single formula.

If you are interested in online sessions, please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Many people find online therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule, since it can reduce commute time and make it simpler to schedule shorter check-ins around work or caregiving. Online work can also make it easier to meet regularly while living in different parts of New York or when coordinating care across busy weeks.