Barbara Chopyk
Practical therapy for stress and trauma
LCSW Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 8 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Barbara
Barbara Chopyk is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can name what is hard and begin to work through it.
Background and approach
Barbara welcomes practical conversation about confidence, self-esteem, career worries, and recovery after abuse. Her approach combines gentle structure with real-world tools.
She uses methods such as the Gottman Method alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns and try different responses. EMDR and narrative work are also part of her toolbox when trauma and painful memories are central concerns.
Barbara focuses on helping people increase day-to-day coping. Sessions often include concrete skills for stress management, ways to change unhelpful thinking, and steps to rebuild confidence.
She also supports people facing relationship stress, commitment worries, and attachment struggles by exploring how past experiences shape current choices. People who come for help with chronic health-related challenges or complicated life transitions will find a therapist who listens and adapts methods to fit their situation.
She has worked with issues tied to abandonment, adoption and foster care, and aging concerns, among other areas. Barbara aims to make therapy a practical part of everyday life.
Her practice is based in Pennsylvania and she offers sessions in English. Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process where goals are set together and progress is tracked in simple, clear steps.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Barbara often uses the Gottman Method to help people notice interaction patterns and improve communication, especially when relationship stress is a focus. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and build committed action toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and teaches practical skills to change behavior and reduce anxiety.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what is working and what is not, so the work fits each person’s life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people work face to face from different locations, phone calls can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports shorter, more frequent contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work when circumstances change.
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Experience
8+ years
Licensed in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Languages
English