About Chloe
Chloe Smith-Ferguson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, trauma, sleep problems, and parenting strain. She guides clients who want to build coping skills, improve self-esteem, manage anger, or handle life changes. Chloe works with concerns that include ADHD, relationship and family problems, and mood or panic symptoms.
Her style is practical and collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and offers clear steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Chloe uses everyday language and focuses on skills like reframing thoughts, practicing mindfulness, and creating small action plans to move forward. Chloe brings eight years of clinical experience that include work with the Veterans Health Administration through an interprofessional fellowship.
That experience included providing both individual and group therapy and exposed her to a wide range of mental health concerns and life situations. Clinically she draws on cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. These methods guide how she helps people manage symptoms, build routines, and respond differently to stressors.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-focused. Chloe can outline coping strategies, help reframe unhelpful thinking, and coach skills for emotional regulation. She emphasizes small, achievable steps that fit into daily life and personal values.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where someone wants clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce symptoms like panic and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving how someone communicates when emotions run high.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. Sessions can mix techniques so the plan fits the client’s needs and changes over time based on what helps.
Online sessions offer flexibility in how therapy happens. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill prompts, or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using ACT, CBT, or DBT skills in everyday moments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English