Raj Chehl, LPC

Raj Chehl is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 23 years of clinical experience who helps people move from surviving to thriving. She combines a practical, person-centered stance with evidence-informed techniques to support clients through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship challenges and a wide range of life transitions. Bringing together talk therapy, mindfulness practices and body-aware methods, she emphasizes self-understanding, clearer communication and practical steps that lead to lasting change.

Raj earned a Bachelor of Science from North Carolina State University and a Master of Arts from Oakland University. In addition to her counseling training, she is a certified yoga teacher registered with Yoga Alliance and draws on that embodied practice to help clients develop emotional balance, mental clarity and greater self-awareness. As a counselor licensed in Michigan and Texas, she works with individuals, couples, families, teens and groups to address mood disorders, addictions, parenting and blended-family issues, domestic violence, bereavement, anger and other complex concerns.

Her approach is integrative - blending client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral techniques, existential inquiry and other modalities to match each person’s needs. Raj supports exploration of thoughts, feelings and relationship patterns while helping clients practice new ways of relating. She aims to replace limiting beliefs with empowering perspectives so clients can create meaningful change in their lives.

Whether someone seeks short-term coaching or deeper therapeutic work, Raj offers tailored interventions that respect each person’s expertise about their own life while providing guidance rooted in training and experience. She welcomes clients who prefer flexible options including international clients and a variety of remote session formats.

Approaches and Online Options for Meaningful Change

Raj frequently uses client-centered therapy, an approach that centers the client’s own goals and experience while the therapist offers empathic support and guidance; this style is especially helpful for building self-awareness, navigating relationships and clarifying values. She also employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress and to improve coping skills. When trauma is a central concern, EMDR-informed strategies may be incorporated to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Raj partners with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adjusts techniques as progress unfolds so the work remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Raj can take place by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations or geographic distance. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home or work, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable while working toward meaningful change.