Chelsea Ostop, LISW-CP

Chelsea Ostop is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Certified Practice (LISW-CP) who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and life transitions. She aims to build steady, trusting connections so clients feel heard and understood. Chelsea welcomes straightforward conversations and practical steps toward goals.

She draws on six years of clinical experience working with depression, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Chelsea also has a long history supporting people with intellectual disability and offers help around parenting challenges, ADHD, and issues related to sexual orientation and identity.

Chelsea uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behavior strategies. Motivational interviewing is part of her work when clients want help finding internal reasons to change.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical. Chelsea will listen, help set manageable steps, and adjust the pace based on how a person responds. She emphasizes compassion and steady support while people work through difficult moments.

Her practice is located in South Carolina and sessions are conducted in English. People interested in starting are invited to begin the matching process and schedule a first appointment to see if the fit feels right.

How her approaches translate to online support

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and experiences. Online sessions using this approach mean the therapist listens closely, follows the client's lead, and shapes each meeting around what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. In an online setting CBT can include short skill practice, thought records, and planning experiments between sessions to see what works.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Chelsea will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend approaches that fit. She adjusts methods over time so the plan matches what a person needs and how they respond.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow check-ins without travel, and support people who prefer meeting from their own routines. Different ways of meeting can also allow shorter or more frequent check-ins, or sessions without video when that is helpful for focus or bandwidth reasons.