Dr. Chayah Stoneberg

Dr. Chayah Stoneberg is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) practicing from Columbia, South Carolina. She blends a background in literature, palliative arts, and clinical social work to help people navigate hard life moments. Her approach often brings together verbal therapy and creative expression to address grief, stress, and shifting life circumstances.

Stoneberg draws on five years of clinical experience in outpatient settings and online practice. She has worked with a counseling clinic and directed arts programming focused on bereavement. Before returning to clinical work she taught humanities and ran a writing center at a university, which informs how she uses storytelling and language in sessions.

In the room she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside art-centered practices. That can mean using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to name values and choices, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and poetry or visual art to make strong emotions easier to express. Sessions are conversational and often include short, practical exercises.

People come to Stoneberg for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career shifts, coping with life changes, grief and compassion fatigue. She also addresses neurodiversity and personality-related concerns in individual work. Her style is direct but compassionate, with attention to what a person needs right now.

She offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. Prospective clients should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.

How therapeutic approaches and online work come together

Dr. Stoneberg often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with expressive arts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them, which can help when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers concrete tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new routines.

She also uses arts-based practices like poetry and visual expression to help people process intense feelings. These creative methods give words and images to emotions that can be hard to name, which many people find helpful alongside talk-based techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels useful. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to a person’s needs and preferences rather than relying on a single method.

The biography indicates she practices online but does not list specific session formats. Confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow people to continue care across locations. They also make it simpler to schedule shorter check-ins or longer sessions when needed, depending on the options the therapist provides.