Stephen Chop, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW

Maryland · 30 years in practice

Stephen Chop is a Maryland-based therapist with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and relationship struggles.

License and registration

LCSW-C, Maryland: 08624 · expires October 2027
LCSW, Virginia: 0904014807 · expires June 2027
LCSW, Pennsylvania: CW025669 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1346839651 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
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 Stephen

Stephen Chop is a Maryland-based therapist with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and relationship struggles. He also assists with issues such as parenting stress, grief, addiction, ADHD, and major life changes. Stephen holds an MD and is credentialed as an LCSW-C and LCSW.

Stephen favors a direct, thoughtful style in sessions. He listens first, then helps people name what matters most. Conversations focus on understanding emotions, practical coping skills, and clearer choices.

Background and approach

He mixes thoughtful reflection with hands-on tools so people can try things between sessions. His work often addresses feelings of emptiness, attachment wounds, and identity questions that come with life transitions. He also helps with caregiver stress, first responder strain, and fatherhood issues.

Practical topics like workplace stress, career shifts, and self-esteem are part of the conversation. Therapeutic methods include Existential Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. These approaches are used to help people notice unhelpful patterns, set values-based goals, and practice new skills.

Stephen frames therapy as a collaborative process. He helps people balance insight with action so changes feel achievable. Sessions aim to build self-compassion and steady coping rather than quick fixes.

He provides sessions in English and works with adults seeking support in Maryland and nearby areas. Practical guidance, steady support, and a focus on meaning are central to his practice.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Stephen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Control issues
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Stephen names

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Online support

Approaches and online options that fit your life

Existential Therapy focuses on questions about meaning, purpose, and isolation. It helps people who feel stuck or empty look at choices and values to steer life in a direction that matters to them.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills for noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them. It pairs acceptance with actions tied to personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and encourages self-direction. The therapist offers empathy and reflection while the person decides what changes to make and when.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which methods to try. Plans are adjusted as needs change so the work stays relevant and doable.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls work well for deeper conversations, phone sessions can be a lower-tech option, chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or when writing helps, and these formats let people connect from wherever they are. Licensed professionals can use these options to maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings aren’t possible.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does he help with?

He supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family issues, grief, addiction, ADHD, career questions, and major life changes.

How would you describe his therapy style?

Sessions are conversational and practical. He listens closely, helps name core issues, and introduces tools to try between meetings.

What kind of experience does he bring?

Stephen has 30 years of experience working with complex emotional concerns and life transitions.

What credentials and region does he practice in?

He holds an MD and is credentialed as an LCSW-C and LCSW, and practices in Maryland.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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