Chalice Kopacki, LMSW

Michigan · 15 years in practice

Chalice Kopacki is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with 15 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LMSW, Michigan: 6801090700 · expires September 2027
NPI: 1972922516 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Chalice

Chalice Kopacki is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on counseling adults and brings a steady, practical approach to people juggling busy lives. Chalice offers straightforward support and listens without judgment.

She has worked across healthcare, hospice, academic settings, and mental health. For the past four years she has concentrated primarily on counseling work. Her background also includes time as a professor and academic advisor helping students with career choices, job searches, and interview skills.

Background and approach

Chalice uses Systemic therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. In sessions she pays attention to patterns in relationships and daily routines that affect well-being. She helps people name unhelpful thoughts, try small changes, and notice what shifts.

Clients can bring many concerns into the room, such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She also supports people facing addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strain, and caregiver stress. Chalice is experienced addressing body image, attachment and blended family issues as well.

Her manner is warm and practical. She focuses on listening, offering encouragement, and helping people find manageable steps forward. Chalice accepts international clients and works in English.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Grief
Depression
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Traumatic brain injury
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Chalice names

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Online support

How online approaches and therapeutic methods work together

Chalice often draws on Systemic therapy to look at patterns between people and routines, helping clients see how relationships and daily habits shape stress and mood. Systemic work can be useful when a person wants to change how they relate to others or how family patterns influence behavior.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental listening stance that helps people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another common tool she uses to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that can ease anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Chalice will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor methods over time. She welcomes feedback and adjusts the plan based on how well strategies are working.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are handy for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping therapeutic continuity.

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Questions people ask

What issues does Chalice commonly help with?

She addresses stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Other areas include addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, caregiver stress, body image, and aging-related issues.

What is her therapeutic approach and style?

Chalice blends Systemic therapy with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral tools. She listens without judgment, explores patterns in relationships, and helps people try practical steps to feel better.

How much experience does she have?

She has practiced for 15 years in healthcare, hospice, academic, and mental health settings, with the past four years focused mainly on counseling.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds an LMSW, which stands for licensed master social worker, and is based in Michigan.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are fees handled?

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

How do I begin working with Chalice?

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