Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Challis works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina, North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Challis
Challis Russell is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage strong emotions, relationship strain, and life transitions. She addresses anger, anxiety, depression, and addiction with steady support and practical skills. Challis speaks plainly with clients and focuses on what can change in day-to-day life.
Challis takes a holistic view of wellbeing that includes emotional, social, and physical factors. She listens to each person’s story and looks for specific ways to reduce stress and improve coping.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skills to manage impulsivity, build self-esteem, and improve communication with others. Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mixing empathy with tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are used to calm intense feelings and bring attention back to what matters.
Solution-Focused ideas help set clear, achievable goals for short-term progress. Challis earned a master’s degree in clinical counseling from Johns Hopkins University. She holds the LPC credential and the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor designation - LPC and LCMHC - and has five years of clinical experience.
Her practice notes work with issues like attachment, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family challenges, and intimacy-related problems. Therapy is offered in English and sessions can be scheduled in ways that fit busy lives. Challis accepts international clients and provides remote options that let people access care from different locations.
What Challis works with
Everything Challis lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Challis's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Challis lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Challis commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping clients find their own solutions, which helps when people need empathy and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy identifies and shifts unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, anger, and impulsivity.She views choosing an approach as a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that seem likely to help, and adjust plans based on what works for the person. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills, mindfulness, or short-term problem solving.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into daily life. Video lets people work face-to-face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be a simpler option that uses less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and help clients keep momentum toward their goals.
Questions people ask about Challis
What concerns does Challis commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, and related areas such as self-esteem and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Challis blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods, and she uses mindfulness tools to manage intense emotions.
What is her professional background?
She holds a master’s degree in clinical counseling from Johns Hopkins University and has five years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns.
Where is Challis licensed and based?
She practices from South Carolina and holds the credentials LPC and LCMHC as listed.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.