- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LISW-CP
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Chayah
Dr. Chayah Stoneberg is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) practicing from South Carolina. She brings five years of clinical experience and a background in literature and the arts into her work.
Her approach blends talk therapy with creative practices to help people navigate strong emotions and life changes. Stoneberg often uses writing, poetry, and visual arts alongside traditional clinical tools. She draws on palliative arts methods to help clients process grief, loss, and distress.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps that fit a client's daily life. In session she helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. Other areas she addresses include ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, sleeping problems, anger, career strain, and burnout.
She also supports people coping with chronic illness, cancer, and aging-related challenges. Her clinical work includes techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, combined with expressive arts practices. Stoneberg aims to make therapy feel flexible and personal, using creative exercises when they help move progress along.
Before full-time clinical work she taught humanities and directed a university writing center. That background shapes her emphasis on storytelling and meaning-making in therapy. People who prefer a therapeutic pace that mixes conversation with creative exploration often find her style accessible.
What Chayah works with
Everything Chayah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Chayah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic approaches meet online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move a person toward a meaningful life. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and navigating big life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches clear skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and managing mood swings.
Expressive arts work brings poetry, writing, and simple visual practices into sessions. These methods help people access emotions that can be hard to put into words and make progress through creative tasks between meetings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods, and adjust the plan as needed. That process helps match techniques to what actually helps in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a face-to-face feel and guided exercises. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a focused conversation is needed. Live chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins, journaling prompts, or on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Chayah
What kinds of concerns does Dr. Stoneberg address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting questions, and coping with life changes, among other areas.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style combines talk therapy with creative practices like writing and visual arts. Sessions aim to be conversational and geared toward practical skills and meaning-making.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience and has worked in both independent practice and counseling settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LISW-CP and practices from South Carolina.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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