About Stephen
Stephen Chop is a licensed clinician with 30 years of practice. He helps people who are facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, anger, addictions, grief, and career or relationship strain. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical ways to make daily life more manageable.
He blends several approaches to fit each person's needs rather than using one fixed method. Sessions often focus on learning skills for emotion regulation, reducing unhelpful thinking, and clarifying values and goals.
Background and approach
He pays attention to how past experiences shape current behavior, and works to strengthen self-compassion and purpose. His background includes long experience responding to trauma, workplace stress, and burnout. He also supports people dealing with parenting concerns, fatherhood issues, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiver strain.
Those experiencing identity questions, body image worries, or difficulties after loss may find his approach practical and direct. In session he uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. That mix allows him to offer both skill-building and time to process emotions.
Sessions move at a pace set by the person seeking help. Stephen is based in Maryland and practices in English. He offers multiple session formats so people can choose what fits their life.
He helps people set achievable next steps and supports them as they try new ways of coping and communicating.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It encourages clarifying personal values and taking small committed actions toward those values, which can help with stress, ADHD-related struggles, and low motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) centers on identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going. It teaches practical tools for anxiety, depression, and managing unhelpful habits, often using short exercises between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those tools are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or relationships are strained.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as progress is tracked. Clients help set priorities and choose which skills to practice.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls replicate face-to-face conversation and allow visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, coaching-style supports, or brief problem-solving between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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