Chelsea Luebbert, LCSW-C

Chelsea Luebbert is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland with ten years of experience in mental health. She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 2016 and has worked in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Chelsea focuses on helping people build day-to-day coping skills and stronger patterns of thinking and behavior.

She spent time providing family, individual, and group therapy at a center for eating disorders, working with adolescents and adults. During the COVID-19 pandemic she worked on an inpatient psychiatry unit, supporting adults with chronic mental health conditions and addictions. More recently she shifted into outpatient work to continue supporting people across common life challenges.

Chelsea uses approaches that include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Existential Therapy. In practice she helps people notice unhelpful thinking and everyday habits, then build practical alternatives. Sessions are often focused on small, manageable changes rather than large abstract goals.

She works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating issues, ADHD, depression, relationship and intimacy-related worries, grief, sleeping problems, and caregiver strain. Chelsea also addresses areas like body image, addiction, communication problems, and work-related stress.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens, points out patterns that get in the way, and helps people try new ways of coping so daily life feels more manageable.

How Chelsea’s approaches translate to online work

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing alternative ways of thinking and behaving; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and calming everyday worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early connections influence current coping; it can help with intimacy-related concerns, trust, and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chelsea will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts strategies over time based on what helps and what doesn’t, so therapy stays practical and goal-focused.

If you plan to meet online, confirm available session formats before booking since the original biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Many people find it simpler to work on thought patterns and daily habits in the context of their usual routines, and therapists can guide skills practice and behavioral experiments in that setting.