About Kevin
Kevin Cooksey is a licensed marriage and family therapist in South Carolina. He holds a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University and has practiced for about 10 years. Kevin brings a calm, direct style to sessions and focuses on practical steps that people can use right away.
Kevin began his academic path with a Bachelor of Science in Research Psychology from the University of South Carolina-Upstate, where he also studied conflict resolution.
Background and approach
He later earned his LMFT credential in South Carolina and has worked in clinical and supervisory roles. His background includes training related to trauma, stress, and couple assessment tools. In therapy he leans on client-centered conversations that help people feel heard.
He also uses cognitive behavioral methods to identify patterns and build new habits. When couples come in he integrates communication skills and evidence-based techniques to reduce recurring fights and rebuild connection. Kevin works with common struggles such as anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, parenting strain, grief, trauma and ADHD.
He also addresses issues like anger, career concerns, and life transitions. Sessions are practical and goal oriented, with an emphasis on small changes that add up over time. People who prefer clear feedback and a collaborative plan often find his approach helpful.
He blends straightforward discussion with concrete tools and short-term goals. Kevin aims to make therapy feel like teamwork toward realistic improvements.
How Kevin blends approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room and on being heard. The therapist follows the person's lead and helps them name what matters, which can be useful for anxiety, relationship strain, and parenting stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change those patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing ADHD-related routines.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Kevin will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods as treatment progresses. That makes therapy a collaboration rather than a fixed plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give flexibility for different needs. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick skill reminders, and ongoing support between sessions.
These options help people fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and try different ways of communicating while working toward clear goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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