Chloé Chandler
EMDR Psychotherapist & Integrative Psychotherapist
Paris-based trauma-focused therapist supporting expats worldwide. I help individuals navigate anxiety, relational wounds, and complex trauma with compassion and attunement, so they can find lasting relief and resolution.
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About me
Based in Paris, I work primarily with English-speaking individuals across the globe who are navigating emotional distress, major life transitions, or complex trauma. Although born in this city, I’ve moved between countries and continents throughout my life. As a result, I deeply understand the unique stressors that come with living abroad, and how they can amplify preexisting challenges or generate new ones, particularly around identity, belonging, and relational dynamics.
I hold an MSc in Counseling & Psychotherapy from the University of Edinburgh, where I trained in both psychodynamic and person-centered theories. I’ve since completed additional training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), trauma-informed care, somatic and nervous system interventions. My clinical experience includes working in private psychiatric settings as well as with the United Nations, where I supported and advocated for survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Today, my private practice focuses on helping individuals struggling with anxiety, relationship difficulties, and symptoms of PTSD or complex trauma. My approach is integrative and collaborative: I tailor our work together to suit your specific needs, drawing from EMDR, psychodynamic theory, somatic and nervous system awareness, and attachment-based models.
On a more personal note: when describing therapy to others, I often say that it’s two wounded humans talking: the only exception is that one has been there before and can serve as a compass. Like many of us in this field, I was drawn to psychotherapy by my own healing journey. It’s through facing my pain that I learned how to make meaning of it. And I’ve seen firsthand the ripple effect of what happens when we feel safe enough to be witnessed in all of our humanity.
If you’re in the deep end of the pool right now, I’d be honored to accompany you, and help you find your way to shore.
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Location:
Media Gallery
Approach
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – Carl Jung
While my foundation is in psychodynamic and person-centered theories, my approach is not protocol-driven. I recognize that every individual is unique, and I strongly believe that therapy should reflect that. As such, I integrate techniques from a range of modalities to create a personalized, holistic experience that honors your needs, rhythms, and goals.
That said, two aspects of my approach always remain constant:
— Relationship is at the core of everything I do. Not only as a philosophical preference, but because I believe that the relationship between therapist and client is the most important element in creating meaningful, lasting change. It provides the safety, trust, and collaborative spirit needed for growth and healing.
— Compassion over correction. I don’t believe in “fixing” people. I believe in meeting people where they are, with understanding, curiosity, and care. Together, we explore painful patterns and underlying emotions, so you can begin to find relief and create space for new ways of being.
My approach is slow, careful, and paced by you. There are no scripts and no fixed protocols: only two people willing to pay close attention to what becomes possible when there is enough safety to stay with whatever emerges. I do not come to this work from a place of distance or authority, but as someone who knows what it is to sit with difficulty, and who believes that healing happens not despite that, but because of it.
I work with both the mind and the body. Not because talk isn't enough. It often is, and the insight that comes from being truly heard can be profound. But because what we carry doesn't live only in thought. It lives in breath, in tension, in the ways we brace, collapse, or reach. EMDR, trauma-sensitive yoga, somatic work, nervous system awareness... these are ways of working with what language alone sometimes can't reach.
A guiding image for my practice is the lotus flower:
The lotus begins its journey rooted in mud, far from sunlight. Slowly, it pushes through dark, murky water until it blooms, untouched by the mud that once surrounded it. In Zen Buddhism, this growth process is symbolic of spiritual awakening. To me, it represents our journey in therapy: emerging from emotional pain or trauma into a deeper, more authentic version of ourselves.
Therapy isn’t easy. It often means revisiting difficult experiences or long-held emotional pain. But like the lotus, you are capable of transformation. You are allowed to take up space. You are worthy of blooming.
Experience
• 2024 (ongoing) - Learning & Development Consultant and Facilitator at Lyra Health, Paris-based
• 2024 (ongoing) - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) Chair & Member of the Executive Board at AAWE, Paris FR
• 2020 (ongoing) - Expat and Trauma-Focused Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Paris FR
• 2023 - 2024 - On Site Clinician at Delta Airlines via Spring Health, Paris-based
• 2023 - 2024 - Mental Health & Wellbeing Consultant at Oakwood Training & Consultancy, Paris-based
• 2021 – Political Affairs Intern at the United Nations Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate, United Nations Secretariat, New York USA
• 2020 - Co-Founder & Lead Therapist at Isolation Conversations, Paris FR
• 2018 - Psychiatric Nursing Assistant at Nightingale Hospital, London UK
• 2018 - Clinical Placement at Springfield University Hospital, London UK
Education
Degrees: • MSc Counseling & Psychotherapy - University of Edinburgh, 2019
• Post-Graduate Certificate in Counseling Skills - COSCA, 2019
• Post-Graduate Certificate Eating Disorders & Clinical Nutrition - University College London, 2018
• BA Psychology - American University of Paris, 2015
Trainings, Certificates, and Continuing Education (but not limited to):
• Polyvagal Informed Clinician - Rhythm of Regulation, 2025 - 2026
• Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience (DARe) Level 1 - Trauma Solutions, 2025
• Thinking AIP and Using EMDR - The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy, 2024
• Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga : An Immersive Weekend with Dr. Arielle Schwartz - NScience, 2024
• Back to the Future: An Upscaled Refresher Course in EMDR Therapy - The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy, 2024
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Intensive Training - Thrive Training, 2023
• Healing The Inner Child: Unburdening Exiles with Dr. Richard Schwartz - The Embody Lab, 2023
• Post-Traumatic Growth: Mind-Body Tools to Foster Resilience with Dr. Arielle Schwartz - The Embody Lab, 2023
• Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Transformational Approaches to Treating Complex Trauma - Dr. Janina Fisher, 2023
• Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) Foundational Training - The Trauma Center, 2023
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
Individual Session
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