Chidale Blackwood, LPC
South Carolina · 6 years in practice
Chidale Blackwood is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in South Carolina who helps people facing hard moments.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 8599 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1578626750 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- 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 Chidale
Chidale Blackwood is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in South Carolina who helps people facing hard moments. She meets clients where they are and focuses on clear, practical steps to reduce distress and improve daily life. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger.
She also supports people struggling with trauma, addictions, relationship problems, intimacy concerns, and identity questions. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at helping people make sense of what matters to them now.
Background and approach
Chidale blends approaches that emphasize meaning, values, and present-focused skills. She draws on existential ideas about purpose and responsibility alongside evidence-based strategies like cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance work. Sessions tend to mix practical tools with deeper questions about values and direction.
Attachment-based and client-centered ways of working shape how she builds a working relationship. That means she pays attention to patterns in relationships, how early experiences affect current reactions, and helps people try new ways of relating to themselves and others. Chidale has six years of clinical experience as an LPC.
She conducts sessions in English through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People get started by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their calendar. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
She aims to help people find clarity, set manageable goals, and take small steps toward feeling more grounded and connected.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Chidale lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy helps people examine what matters most to them and make choices that align with their values; it can be useful for life transitions, identity questions, and finding direction when things feel uncertain. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then taking actions that match personal values to move life forward. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current behavior and helps people try new ways of relating to others and themselves.Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying a values-based exercise one week, practicing a CBT skill the next, and reflecting on relationship patterns between sessions.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use body language and face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or video feels like too much, live chat can work for short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Chidale commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, and related areas listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered, combining meaning-focused conversations with practical skills from approaches like CBT and ACT.
What is her background and experience?
Chidale has six years of experience working as a licensed professional counselor and has supported people through a broad range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds an LPC credential and practices in South Carolina as indicated in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Chidale meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different communication preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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