Chris Chmielewski, MA, MSW, RSW

About Chris Chmielewski, MA, MSW, RSW

Chris Chmielewski, MA, MSW, RSW is a Registered Social Worker providing mental health services in the Downtown neighbourhood of London, Ontario, on Albert Street. He serves individuals, couples, and families, offering a practice rooted in whole-person wellness and committed engagement. His approach involves developing a supportive-challenging connection that incorporates abundant feedback and resources to help clients explore their unique situations and passions. The practice specializes in relationship concerns, self-esteem, and emotional disturbances. Specific areas of treatment include "self-regulation" problems such as social anxiety, shame, guilt, anger, depression, and overdependencies. He also provides support for intimacy, sexuality, communication, identity, and personality issues, as well as self-care and recovery from emotional hurts, losses, and trauma. To address these concerns, he utilizes various perspectives and modalities, including neuropsychology, family dynamics, and social-cultural-historical factors. His treatment methods include activating-experiential means like role play, practice experiments, and art, alongside brain research, attachment/developmental psychology, analytic-interpretive processing (psychodynamic), C/DBT, trauma treatment, and play therapy. With over 50 years of experience in practice, Chris Chmielewski describes his work as helping clients overcome persistent insecurities, fears, and loneliness that may have been instilled in early years. He aims to help clients reclaim their core resilient nature to become more open, creative, and confident. The practice offers in-person sessions and provides a free 15-minute consultation for those interested in connecting.