Antonella Portal-Chetwynd, MA, LMHC

Antonella Portal-Chetwynd, MA, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MH22628

Antonella is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor approved by the state of Florida. Antonella earned her Master of Arts in Counseling from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts in 2016. Antonella has been a pastor’s kid herself and has a passion for the needs of the children of those in church leadership. Antonella is actively involved in her local church in leadership training and discipleship. Her education at Gordon-Conwell allowed for the convergence of working with adolescents and families both in the community and in the local churches. Her work experience has been primarily in acute treatment facilities both in Massachusetts and Florida. Antonella is trilingual as she is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

She is skilled at integrating her client’s goals and values into their treatment to empower them to achieve their goals. As a counselor she is trained to help facilitate that process by empowering clients to face their past and embrace the challenges of the future. She specializes in processing groups, social and life skills, anxiety treatment modalities, and helping young adults through the passage into adulthood while maintaining the sacredness of their family of origin as the work towards healing takes place.