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Chris Chmielewski
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
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Chris Chmielewski

Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW

Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
2 Endorsed
186 Albert Street, 206, London, ON N6A
(226) 400-1834
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My background holds 40yr of extensive practice experience and continued learning. Expertise:all relationship concerns; recovery/healing from emotional hurts, losses, trauma. Such events, if in early years, can instill persistent insecurity, fears, loneliness and grief, causing troubled close relationships and inner-life: Restricting our core resilient nature where we keep strong potentials to be more open, creative, confident, realistic/effective persons. Mainly treat “self-regulation” problems: Social anxiety, shame/guilt, anger, depression; Overdependencies; Intimacy-sexuality, Communication; Identity-Personality issues;Selfcare.
My 'style' is committed engagement: developing a supportive-challenging connection that encourages open exploring; abundant feedback, resources, (humor as helpful). Perspectives applied: our deeper subconscious energies and persuasions; family dynamics ; Neuropsychology; social-cultural-historical factors; philosophy. Orientation: wholeperson wellness; noting your complexity and unique situation, passions and wisdom for discovering new meanings/choices, and voice.
As distress 'lives' in our physical-feeling self, insight can be insufficient. I use activating-experiential means (role play, practice experiment, art ), applying brain research, attachment/developmental psychology, analytic-interpretive processing (psychodynamic); C/DBT; trauma treatment; ‘internal self-state’; play therapy. Please GOOGLE client feedback.
Call or Chris Chmielewski now for a free 15 minute consultation - (226) 400-1834

Practice at a Glance

Available in-person

Chris Chmielewski

186 Albert Street

206

London, ON N6A

(226) 400-1834
I am available for in-person sessions only. Adequate distancing and proper/mandated precautions are taken in treatment space.
I specialize in Relationship Issues, Self Esteem and Emotional Disturbance 
$165 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and families  
Let's Connect (226) 400-1834

Practice at a Glance

Available in-person

Chris Chmielewski

186 Albert Street

206

London, ON N6A

(226) 400-1834
I am available for in-person sessions only. Adequate distancing and proper/mandated precautions are taken in treatment space.
I specialize in Relationship Issues, Self Esteem and Emotional Disturbance 
$165 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and families  

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $165
  • Couple Sessions $180
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
  • Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Cheque, Wire

Insurance

  • Blue Cross
  • Canada Life | Great-West Life
  • Educational Institution Ins. covers therapy.
  • Great-West Life
  • Green Shield Canada
  • Greenshield
  • Guardian
  • Humana
  • LifeWorks | Morneau Shepell
  • Manulife
  • Manulife
  • Most Insurers recognize Credentialed MSWs
  • Optima
  • SunLife
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E-transfer is best.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
"
E-transfer is best.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW

Qualifications

    Registered Social Worker: Chris Chmielewski
  • Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers Chris Chmielewski
  • In Practice for 49 Years
  • Certificate from Ontario College of Social Workers 322455 / 1988
  • Certificate from Family and Children's Services of York: Strategic Family Therapy (MRI) / 1990
  • Attended University of Toronto, Graduated 1980
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Over 30 course-completion certificates in past 25 years related to "Specialties" cited. Continually updating knowledge and practice skills.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
"
Over 30 course-completion certificates in past 25 years related to "Specialties" cited. Continually updating knowledge and practice skills.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Emotional Disturbance

Expertise

  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Alcohol Use
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioural Issues
  • Bisexual
  • Borderline Personality (BPD)
  • Child
  • Chronic Impulsivity
  • Chronic Relapse
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders (DID)
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gambling
  • Grief
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infidelity
  • Internet Addiction
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Men's Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
  • Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Personality Disorders
  • Racial Identity
  • School Issues
  • Self-Harming
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Student/Youth:family/social-peer/performanc issues
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Violence
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Transgender
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Women's Issues
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Many seek therapy for how we feel, in our bodies, emotionally,how we think of ourselves. Especially in our most valued relationships.We want to be known, respected, loved for who we are. Emotion-focus is impt. Mainly, there's far less 'wrong' with us than we imagine/been told, have learned from how we've been treated.I seek to enable you to discover your essential "rightness" (among other things).
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
"
Many seek therapy for how we feel, in our bodies, emotionally,how we think of ourselves. Especially in our most valued relationships.We want to be known, respected, loved for who we are. Emotion-focus is impt. Mainly, there's far less 'wrong' with us than we imagine/been told, have learned from how we've been treated.I seek to enable you to discover your essential "rightness" (among other things).
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW

2 Endorsements

Rey T. Singh
Rey T. Singh
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RCS, CHyp, RSW
Chris is a highly skilled therapist with a compassionate and effective approach to listening, and assisting others with the full spectrum of client mental health support and treatment needs. I recommend him highly.
Connecting Families Therapy
Connecting Families Therapy
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Chris is a very supportive supervisor with extensive knowledge of best practices and expertise in all areas. He will gently challenge you, help you explore your blind spots and tighten your boundaries to achieve ultimate benefit to your practice. I highly ...

Client Focus

Age

Children (6 to 10) , 
Preteen , 
Teen , 
Adults , 
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals , 
Couples , 
Family

Communities

Bisexual Allied , 
Body Positivity , 
Cancer , 
Deaf Allied , 
Gay Allied , 
HIV / AIDS Allied , 
Immuno-disorders , 
Intersex Allied , 
Lesbian Allied , 
Little Person Allied , 
Non-Binary Allied , 
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy , 
Queer Allied , 
Racial Justice Allied , 
Sex Worker Allied , 
Sex-Positive, Kink Allied , 
Single Mother , 
Transgender Allied , 
Veterans

Ethnicity

Indigenous Peoples , 
Other Racial or Ethnic Background

I also speak

Note: "allied" here means: without judgement.

Age

Children (6 to 10) , 
Preteen , 
Teen , 
Adults , 
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals , 
Couples , 
Family

Communities

Bisexual Allied , 
Body Positivity , 
Cancer , 
Deaf Allied , 
Gay Allied , 
HIV / AIDS Allied , 
Immuno-disorders , 
Intersex Allied , 
Lesbian Allied , 
Little Person Allied , 
Non-Binary Allied , 
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy , 
Queer Allied , 
Racial Justice Allied , 
Sex Worker Allied , 
Sex-Positive, Kink Allied , 
Single Mother , 
Transgender Allied , 
Veterans

Ethnicity

Indigenous Peoples , 
Other Racial or Ethnic Background

I also speak

Note: "allied" here means: without judgement.

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
  • Eclectic
  • EMDR
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Existential
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Feminist
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Humanistic
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Imago
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Interpersonal
  • Intervention
  • Jungian
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative
  • Neuroscience/brain research informed practice.
  • Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
  • Person-Centered
  • Play Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychobiological Approach Couple Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Rational Emotive Behaviour (REBT)
  • Reality Therapy
  • Relational
  • Self/Ego-State psychology;"Inner child"
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Strength-Based
  • Structural Family Therapy
  • Transpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
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While I've studied and practiced the cited therapies, my usual approach combines many modes. Most of us come to therapy suffering stress due to having a "problem needing to be solved"(which sometimes has to be uncovered and identified) yet often this is complex. So,varied resources may be required. Most important,though, is you, understood and treated as a whole self,and distress-relief provided.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
"
While I've studied and practiced the cited therapies, my usual approach combines many modes. Most of us come to therapy suffering stress due to having a "problem needing to be solved"(which sometimes has to be uncovered and identified) yet often this is complex. So,varied resources may be required. Most important,though, is you, understood and treated as a whole self,and distress-relief provided.
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW

Location

Primary Location

Chris Chmielewski

186 Albert Street

206

London, ON N6A

(226) 400-1834

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I am available for in-person sessions only. Adequate distancing and proper/mandated precautions are taken in treatment space.
Call for a free consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
"
I am available for in-person sessions only. Adequate distancing and proper/mandated precautions are taken in treatment space.
Call for a free consultation now - (226) 400-1834
Chris Chmielewski
Registered Social Worker, MA, MSW, RSW
Last Modified: 5 Mar 2024