About Celena
Celena Chong helps people working through stress, anxiety, and struggles with self-esteem. She guides clients facing big life changes and supports those dealing with loneliness or social anxiety. Her approach is warm and straightforward, focused on practical steps a person can use day to day.
With 16 years of experience, Celena draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address attachment wounds, feelings of abandonment, and persistent guilt or shame. She also helps people clarify life purpose and build more self-love.
How Celena works
Sessions emphasize clear communication skills and small, manageable changes that add up over time. Celena aims to meet each person where they are. Conversations are grounded, compassionate, and aimed at making life feel more tolerable and meaningful.
She pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people try new ways of relating to themselves and others. People work on specific goals such as reducing social anxiety, improving self-talk, or navigating a career or relationship transition. Celena balances emotional support with practical tools so clients can use what they learn between sessions.
Progress is paced to each person’s needs and readiness. Her years in practice have centered on individual therapy in New York. She works in English and does not accept international clients.
To begin, people use the site flow to match and schedule a first session.
What Celena works with
The areas below are the ones Celena selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Registers | LCSW-R, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical strategies and clear skills. For example, work that targets social anxiety often involves gradual practice of social situations and changing unhelpful self-talk to reduce avoidance. Approaches aimed at attachment and abandonment wounds help people identify patterns from past relationships and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful and realistic for everyday life.
If you plan to do online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to practice new skills during daily routines and bring real-life examples into sessions for immediate discussion.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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