Barbara Chopyk, LCSW
Pennsylvania · 8 years in practice
Barbara Chopyk is a licensed clinical social worker who brings eight years of experience to her practice.
License and registration
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW024107 · expires February 2027
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC06404400 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1487163192 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Barbara
Barbara Chopyk is a licensed clinical social worker who brings eight years of experience to her practice. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career challenges, and depression. Barbara aims to make the first step into therapy feel doable and respectful.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they are thinking and feeling. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
The approach is collaborative - goals are set together and adjusted as needed. Barbara uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors. She also works with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing as part of addressing trauma and distressing memories.
Narrative therapy helps people reframe difficult life stories and find new meaning. Her background includes work across a range of concerns beyond core specialties, such as attachment issues, chronic illness, codependency, and identity-related topics like kink and alternative sex culture. That variety has given her experience adapting interventions to different life situations.
Sessions are offered from Pennsylvania and conducted in English. Barbara describes beginning therapy as an act of courage and focuses on steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Barbara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Barbara names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. It tends to be practical and skills-based. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional hold, often as part of trauma-focused work.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that match those aims, and adjust plans if something does not fit. That collaborative process helps clients feel involved and lets methods be tailored over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and full-session work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a brief check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for people who prefer writing, need ongoing support between sessions, or want a quick way to share progress. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work when in-person visits are not possible.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Barbara works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, career difficulties, and depression. She also has experience with related issues like attachment problems, chronic illness, and codependency.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical strategies, and gentle exploration of thoughts and emotions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has eight years of professional experience as a licensed clinical social worker. That experience includes work with a wide range of emotional and interpersonal concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
Barbara holds licensure as an LCSW in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and provides services from Pennsylvania. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can someone outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients. Sessions are offered in English to people located where her licensure applies.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging. The range of formats allows for quick check-ins or longer conversations.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees depend on the subscriber plan and regional factors.
How do I begin working with her?
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