About Kiana
Kiana Thomas is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and ADHD-related challenges. She writes plainly and listens closely so clients can talk about what matters most without feeling rushed. Her approach keeps sessions practical and goal-focused, with room for emotion and real-life problem solving.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in experimental psychology from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from South University.
Background and approach
Over five years she has worked in both independent practice and public agency settings, gaining experience with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, and addictions. Kiana commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, and Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on small, practical steps toward clients' goals.
She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people notice what works for them, and motivational interviewing when people are weighing change. Sessions move at the client’s pace and focus on concrete strategies. That can mean building routines for sleep and attention, practicing thought-change skills, or setting short-term, achievable targets.
Kiana helps people strengthen self-esteem, manage anger, and cope with life changes in clear, usable ways. She provides services from South Carolina in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says, helping clients feel heard and steering the work by their priorities. This approach is useful when someone wants a space to sort feelings and decide what to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to shift patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and some ADHD-related challenges because it provides concrete strategies people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose and adapt methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean trying a skills-based CBT tool for a few weeks or focusing on solution-focused steps to reach an immediate goal.
Online work here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different lives and schedules. Video helps with face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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