Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Chan-Tal works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chan-Tal
Chan-Tal Wilborn, LPC, helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and the fallout from trauma and life changes. She focuses on practical steps that reduce reactivity and build steadier coping over time. Her tone is warm and direct, offering clear guidance without judgment.
She creates a supportive space where people can talk through painful experiences and learn how those events shape current reactions. Conversations often focus on identifying triggers, adjusting unhelpful patterns, and practicing new ways to respond under pressure.
Background and approach
Sessions aim for small, doable changes that add up over weeks and months. Wilborn emphasizes strengths and resilience. She encourages people to notice what already works and to use those skills more often.
That approach helps when dealing with guilt, shame, impulsivity, or feeling stuck after a big life shift like divorce or caregiving strain. Her work also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, and struggles with control. She supports people coping with panic attacks, mood problems, and post-traumatic stress by breaking problems into manageable parts and teaching coping strategies that fit daily life.
With ten years of experience as a licensed professional counselor in Alabama, Chan-Tal blends practical techniques with attentive listening. Clients collaborate with her to set realistic goals and track progress. The focus is on building steadier emotional balance and finding purpose beyond surviving hard moments.
What Chan-Tal works with
Everything Chan-Tal lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chan-Tal's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients benefit from two common evidence-based techniques: structured coping skills training and trauma-focused strategies. Coping skills training teaches practical tools for managing stress, anger, panic, and mood swings through breathing, grounding, and behavior changes that can be practiced between sessions. Trauma-focused strategies help people notice how past events shape current reactions and build safer, more adaptive responses over time.Another helpful method is working on attachment and communication patterns. This involves looking at how early relationships influence expectations and teaching clearer ways to express needs and set boundaries. That work can reduce loneliness, guilt, and impulsive reactions by creating steadier routines and habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, current problems, and preferences, then suggest techniques to try. Over a few sessions the best fit usually becomes clear, and methods are adjusted together based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or busy schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when a longer, more interactive meeting is needed. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to have shorter, focused conversations during a work break or a difficult moment.
Questions people ask about Chan-Tal
What problems does she help with?
She supports people struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Additional areas include attachment concerns, communication issues, and caregiver stress.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental with clear, practical guidance. Sessions focus on identifying triggers, changing reactive patterns, and practicing coping skills that work in daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of clinical experience and emphasizes resilience and strengths. That experience informs how she breaks problems into manageable steps and tracks progress with clients.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an AL LPC credential and practices from Alabama. The LPC stands for licensed professional counselor.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted. All work is conducted with English-speaking clients within accepted regions.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Those formats allow flexibility for brief check-ins or longer therapy conversations.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.