Chalice Kopacki , LMSW

Chalice Kopacki is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 15 years of experience in healthcare, hospice, academia, and mental health settings. She has spent the last several years focused primarily on counseling and on helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Chalice emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental presence and listens closely to what each person brings to the session.

She uses straightforward, practical talk and offers ongoing support and encouragement rather than quick fixes. In sessions she helps people look at patterns, set manageable goals, and build everyday coping skills. Her background also includes work with career concerns and helping students with job search and interviewing skills.

Chalice draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person's needs. She integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Emotion-focused work and mindfulness practices are used to build emotional awareness and calm in the moment.

Her areas of focus include relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stresses, body image and eating issues, addiction and recovery support, compassion fatigue, and navigating illness or caregiving responsibilities. She also accepts work related to attachment, abandonment, blended family dynamics, and chronic pain or co-morbid health issues.

Chalice offers sessions in English and works with clients in Michigan as well as international clients through online formats. She aims to make therapy flexible and practical for people juggling busy lives.

Therapeutic approaches that work online

Chalice commonly blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make practical changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and responding with empathy so they feel heard and respected. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns.

She also uses emotionally-focused and mindfulness-based techniques when helpful. Emotion-focused work helps people notice and name feelings, which can improve relationships and intimacy. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to calm the body and return attention to the present moment during times of overwhelm.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about problems, goals, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the person's needs. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.

Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer quick, flexible ways to stay connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to work with a therapist based in Michigan or internationally.