Babette Chatelle-Bergman
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Babette
Babette Chatelle-Bergman is a licensed professional clinical counselor who focuses on helping people manage parenting stresses, recover from trauma, and cope with major life changes. She uses a warm, straightforward style to make time with a therapist feel practical and manageable. Sessions emphasize developing clearer thinking, steady coping skills, and stronger self-worth rather than jargon or long lectures.
Many people find this helpful when day-to-day life feels overwhelming. Babette draws on 12 years of clinical experience to tailor each session to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques to fit the problem at hand. That means she listens first, then helps clients test new ways of thinking and behaving that reduce distress. The work often focuses on realistic steps you can try between visits.
Common concerns she addresses include trauma and abuse, bipolar and mood disorders, self-harm, and struggles with self-esteem. She also supports people facing parenting challenges and seasonal mood shifts. Additional areas of focus include issues such as autism and Asperger Syndrome, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and social anxiety.
Babette holds the LPCC credential - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and practices in California. She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her approach is collaborative and aimed at practical change over time.
Approaches and online options that fit busy lives
Babette uses client-centered therapy, which means she starts by listening and following the client's priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the work around their goals rather than a fixed agenda. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, a hands-on method that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and tests small changes to reduce distress. CBT is often useful for managing mood problems, anxiety, and upsetting patterns of behavior.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Babette discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts techniques as needed. She aims to match methods to what the client wants to accomplish, checking in along the way to see what helps and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling parenting, work, or health needs. Services are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can choose what fits their schedule and comfort level. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments, try different formats, and access ongoing support without extra travel.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Babette
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