Stephen Chop, LCSW-C, LCSW

Stephen Chop is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He is based in Maryland and uses a straightforward style that focuses on practical steps and honest conversation. Stephen aims to make talking about hard things easier and more useful for everyday life.

He helps people sort out work pressure, self-esteem struggles, addiction challenges, and the fallout from trauma and grief. Sessions often look at immediate coping skills alongside longer-term goals like rebuilding trust in relationships or finding clearer direction in a career. Stephen also supports those facing parenting stress, compassion fatigue, or ADHD-related difficulties.

Stephen blends several therapy approaches to match each person’s needs. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and a client-centered stance to shape conversations and tools. That means sessions include values clarification, practical behavior experiments, emotional processing, and skills for handling intense moments.

People who prefer direct, practical work will find his style accessible. He aims to help people spot patterns, try different responses, and build small sustainable changes. Progress is often a mix of short-term relief and steady skill building.

Stephen holds LCSW-C in Maryland and LCSW credentials in Virginia and Pennsylvania. He conducts work in English and does not take international clients. To begin, readers are asked to use the site continue button on this profile to complete a short questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to the client and taking steps toward those values even when emotions are hard. It helps people who feel stuck by pairing acceptance of difficult feelings with committed action toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress where concrete steps can reduce distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and reshaping emotional responses to improve close relationships and emotional connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephen collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He uses elements from different approaches so the work stays practical and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

The therapist's biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow quicker check-ins during a lunch break, or let someone join when leaving the office is difficult. Online sessions also make it possible to pair skills practice with real-world routines, such as doing behavioral experiments between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques for conversation-based sessions and at-home exercises to keep progress moving forward.