- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Chidale
Chidale Blackwood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and the strain of parenting. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel approachable for someone juggling busy days and hard feelings. Chidale centers practical steps alongside emotional understanding to help people move forward.
She uses a collaborative, person-centered style. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, managing strong emotions like anger or grief, and addressing patterns such as codependency and attachment worries.
Background and approach
Chidale draws on strategies to help with trauma recovery, coping with life changes, and rebuilding trust after past hurts. Many clients work on everyday problems such as sleep, eating, workplace stress, or balancing identity and faith. She also supports people dealing with addiction concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and the practical side of major transitions.
Conversations aim to identify small, doable changes rather than overwhelming lists of tasks. Chidale combines several evidence-informed approaches to fit each person. She may use acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking, and attachment-based work to repair relational patterns.
Her tone stays respectful and down-to-earth throughout the process. If someone wants to try online sessions, Chidale offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She has six years of clinical experience and holds an SC LPC license in South Carolina.
What Chidale works with
Everything Chidale lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Chidale helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- 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
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Chidale lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about what matters and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. This approach can be useful for stress, anxiety, parenting strain, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify patterns that keep problems going and then practices new reactions. CBT is often helpful for sleep and eating issues, anxiety, depression, and anger management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily realities, then suggest which approaches to try. That choice is revisited over time so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style support, or times when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life rhythms.
Questions people ask about Chidale
What concerns does Chidale commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and career or life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered, focusing on practical steps and emotional understanding to help people make steady progress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working in counseling settings and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an SC LPC credential and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and rhythms.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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